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# vibrate

verb (vibrate, vibrates, vibrated, vibrating)

«vibrate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To move quickly and gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, many times a second; to shake slightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, sound is made when something vibrates, like a guitar string, a drum skin or our vocal cords; the vibrations travel through air to our ears. Faster vibrations make a higher sound. In everyday life, phones vibrate when a message comes. Phrases: vibrate quickly, phone on vibrate, vibrate with sound.

### Examples

- The guitar string vibrates when you pluck it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x1)
- My phone vibrated in my pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x2)
- Put your hand on your throat and feel it vibrate when you hum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x3)
- The windows vibrated when the truck went by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x4)
- Faster vibrating makes a higher note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x5)
- The drum skin vibrates to make sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x6)
- “Are you sure?” said Fionn in a voice that rumbled and vibrated like thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: vibrated, vibrating. The noun is "vibration". Science fact: all sounds come from vibrations; sound cannot travel through empty space because there is nothing to vibrate.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vibrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vibrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vibrate.html) on Mova free.