'Reverberate' definitions:
Definition of 'reverberate'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
verb
Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
verb
To throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate]
verb
Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
verb
Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
Definition of 'Reverberate'
From: GCIDE
- Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
- 1. Reverberant. [Obs.] "The reverberate hills." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reverberate'
From: GCIDE
- Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
- 1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. [1913 Webster]
- Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated into glass." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reverberate'
From: GCIDE
- Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. i.
- 1. To resound; to echo. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reverberate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledge,
- answer,
- answer back,
- be reflected,
- be sent back,
- boom,
- bounce back,
- come again,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come up again,
- echo,
- echo back,
- flash back,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- go back,
- keep coming,
- react,
- reappear,
- rebound,
- recur,
- reecho,
- rejoin,
- reoccur,
- repeat,
- reply,
- resound,
- respond,
- resume,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- revert,
- riposte,
- roll,
- rumble,
- say,
- say in reply,
- send back,
- shoot back,
- sound,
- talk back