Definitions for vibrates

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vibrates vi·brate

Spelling: [vahy-breyt]

IPA: /ˈvaɪ breɪt/

Vibrates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 463 anagrams from letters in vibrates (abeirstv).

Definitions for vibrates

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
2. to cause to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; cause to quiver or tremble.
3. to give forth or emit by, or as by, vibration.
4. to measure or indicate by vibration or oscillation:

verb (used without object)

1. to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
2. to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble.
3. (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound.
4. to thrill, as in emotional response.
5. to move between alternatives or extremes; fluctuate; vacillate.

Origin of vibrates

1610-20; Latin vibrātus (past participle of vibrāre to move to and fro); see -ate¹

Examples for vibrates

Vibration promotes life and vigour, strength and beauty...vibrate Your Body and Make It Well.

A ceramic wall decoration split in half while I caught the television before it could vibrate all the way off of its stand.

If the vocal cords of your throat did not vibrate, you could not talk out loud.

You brace, hoping that the owner of the cell has simply neglected to put it on vibrate and will now press IGNORE.

If an article is tasteless, it means that these filaments do not vibrate.

These and your tongue and lips make the air in front of you vibrate.

Worst of all, his mouth was open, and his chest could be seen to vibrate as he panted.

Its deep rumble made the whole night vibrate like a bass string.

At last a word struck him, and made his whole soul to vibrate.

My gloved fingertips, soaked with blood on his pulseless groin, started to vibrate.