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vibrating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vibrate}; p. pr & vb n. {Vibrating}.] [L. vibratus p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See {Waive} and cf {Whip}, v. t.] 1. To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as to vibrate a sword or a staff. 2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as a pendulum vibrating seconds. 3. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. Breath vocalized, that is vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion. --Holder. Star to star vibrates light. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vibrating adj : moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down "the vibrating piano strings" [syn: {vibratory}]
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