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vibrated

vibrated is the simple past and past participle of vibrate.

Meaning of vibrate

Verb

vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)

  1. (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
    • When "God save the King!" resounded meow meow through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Coronation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5
  2. (intransitive) To resonate.
    • Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
  3. (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
    • to vibrate a sword or a staff
  4. (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
    • a pendulum vibrating seconds
  5. (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
    • Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC
  6. (dated, slang, transitive) To please or impress someone.
    • And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."1949, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 66, page 115

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Questions about vibrated

What is vibrated the simple past and past participle of?
Vibrated is the simple past and past participle of vibrate.

Words near vibrated in the dictionary

  1. vibraslaps
  2. vibratable
  3. vibrate
  4. vibrate mode
  5. vibrate modes
  6. vibrated
  7. vibrates
  8. vibratest
  9. vibrateth
  10. vibratile
  11. vibratility

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