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Meaning of 'reverberate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reverberate [ a.]
- Reverberant.
- Driven back, as sound; reflected.
2 . Reverberate [ v. i.]
- To resound; to echo.
- To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.
3 . Reverberate [ v. t.]
- To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
- To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
- Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.

Meaning of 'reverberate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reverberate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace
Example in sentence:
  • reverberate ore
Meaning (2):
- to throw or bend back (from a surface)
Example in sentence:
  • Sound is reflected well in this auditorium
Meaning (3):
- have a long or continuing effect
Example in sentence:
  • The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
Meaning (4):
- ring or echo with sound
Example in sentence:
  • the hall resounded with laughter
Meaning (5):
- spring back; spring away from an impact
Example in sentence:
  • The rubber ball bounced;
  • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Meaning (6):
- be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
Example in sentence:
  • the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building

Nearby Words:

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