vibrate

/ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/ verb B2

To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. (intransitive)
To resonate. (intransitive) · Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
To brandish; to swing to and fro. (transitive) · to vibrate a sword or a staff
To mark or measure by moving to and fro. (transitive) · a pendulum vibrating seconds
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. (transitive)
To please or impress someone. (dated, slang, transitive)
To use vibrato. (intransitive)
To pleasure someone using a vibrator. (slang, transitive)

He/she/it vibrates · Past vibrated · Past participle vibrated · -ing form vibrating

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Verb forms

Base form: vibrate
He/she/it: vibrates
Past: vibrated
Past participle: vibrated
-ing form: vibrating

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The latter question he put to me several times, and always with a voice which vibrated with excitement.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 21 · C1

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