From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvibratevi‧brate /vaɪˈbreɪt $ ˈvaɪbreɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] SHAKEif something vibrates, or if you vibrate it, it shakes quickly and continuously with very small movements The floor was vibrating to the beat of the music. As air passes over our vocal cords, it makes them vibrate.→ See Verb table
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vibrate• The strings vibrate again, underscoring my panic.• Immediately, she felt the floor vibrate as the dome rumbled shut, sealing the chamber.• The steering wheel vibrated, but I gripped it hard.• Nervous trembles ached in her legs and the floor was vibrating fractionally with the movement of some train deep underground.• Strings vibrate more quickly if they are short and thin.• Some insects' wings vibrate so fast that the movement is invisible to the human eye.• Delaney's bomb had shaken through the ship, vibrating the steel like a tuning fork.• Everything in the room was vibrating to the beat of the drum.Origin vibrate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of vibrare “to shake” 