Enter the word for search

vibrate

/vaɪˈbreɪt/

Translations

vibrateverb

vibrated

Past Simple

vibrated

Past Participle

vibrating

Gerund

/vaɪˈbreɪt/

вибрировать

The phone started to vibrate on the table.

Телефон начал вибрировать на столе.

трепетать

The leaves vibrate in the wind.

Листья трепещут на ветру.

дрожать

The engine began to vibrate as the car accelerated.

Двигатель начал дрожать, когда машина ускорилась.

Synonyms

vibratenoun

vibrates

/ˈvaɪ.breɪt/

/ˈvaɪˌbreɪt/

vibrateadjective

Used attributively in phrases such as "vibrate mode" or "vibrate setting".

Synonyms

Definitions

vibrateverb

To move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; to oscillate.

The phone began to vibrate on the table, signaling an incoming call.

To produce sound by rapid oscillations.

The strings of the guitar vibrate to create music.

To be in a state of rapid motion or quivering.

The engine vibrated as the car accelerated down the highway.

To resonate with a particular emotion or quality.

Her voice vibrated with excitement as she shared the news.

To cause something to move rapidly back and forth; to set into vibration.

The subwoofer vibrated the windows with its deep bass.

vibratenoun

A shaking or vibrating movement; a vibration.

The sudden vibrate of the phone startled her in the quiet room.

A setting on a mobile device that silences audible alerts and causes the device to vibrate instead.

Please keep your phones on vibrate during the performance.

vibrateadjective

Relating to or involving vibration; set to vibrate.

I switched the phone to the vibrate setting to avoid disturbing anyone.