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Definition of Reverberate
1. Verb. Ring or echo with sound. "The woods reverberate with many kinds of birds "; "The hall resounded with laughter"
Exact synonyms: Echo, Resound, Ring
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Specialized synonyms: Consonate, Reecho, Reecho, Bong
Derivative terms: Echo, Resonant, Reverberance, Reverberant, Reverberation, Reverberative, Ring, Ringing
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Specialized synonyms: Consonate, Reecho, Reecho, Bong
Derivative terms: Echo, Resonant, Reverberance, Reverberant, Reverberation, Reverberative, Ring, Ringing
2. Verb. Have a long or continuing effect. "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
3. Verb. Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves. "The waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
4. Verb. To throw or bend back (from a surface). "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
Exact synonyms: Reflect
Category relationships: Acoustics
Specialized synonyms: Mirror
Derivative terms: Reflector, Reverberant
Category relationships: Acoustics
Specialized synonyms: Mirror
Derivative terms: Reflector, Reverberant
5. Verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Exact synonyms: Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Resile, Ricochet, Spring, Take A Hop
Specialized synonyms: Kick, Kick Back, Recoil, Bound Off, Skip, Carom
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Resiliency, Resilient, Ricochet, Spring
Specialized synonyms: Kick, Kick Back, Recoil, Bound Off, Skip, Carom
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Resiliency, Resilient, Ricochet, Spring
6. Verb. Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace. "Reverberate ore"
Definition of Reverberate
1. a. Reverberant.
2. v. t. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
3. v. i. To resound; to echo.
Definition of Reverberate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]