'Vibrating' definitions:
Definition of 'Vibrating'
From: GCIDE
- Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vibrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vibrating.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to shake, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. [1913 Webster]
- Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
- Star to star vibrates light. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vibrating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aspen,
- ceaseless,
- chattering,
- constant,
- continual,
- fluctuant,
- fluctuating,
- fluctuational,
- full,
- harmonic,
- incessant,
- libratory,
- machine gun,
- mellow,
- nutational,
- oscillating,
- oscillatory,
- palsied,
- pendular,
- pendulous,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- perpetual,
- plangent,
- pulsating,
- pulsing,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quavery,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- rapid,
- regular,
- repeated,
- resonant,
- resonating,
- rich,
- rolling,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- shivering,
- shivery,
- shuddering,
- sonorous,
- staccato,
- steady,
- stuttering,
- succussatory,
- succussive,
- sustained,
- throbbing,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremulous,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchanging,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unvarying,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- vibrant,
- vibratile,
- vibratory,
- wavering,
- wobbly