Oscillateverb
(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
‘A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.’;
Vibrateverb
(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
Oscillateverb
(intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
‘The mood for change oscillated from day to day.’;
Vibrateverb
(intransitive) To resonate.
‘Her mind was vibrating with excitement.’;
Oscillateverb
(intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.
Vibrateverb
(transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
‘to vibrate a sword or a staff’;
Oscillateverb
To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Vibrateverb
(transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
‘a pendulum vibrating seconds’;
Oscillateverb
To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
‘The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits.’;
Vibrateverb
(transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Oscillateverb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;
‘He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement’;
Vibratenoun
The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
‘Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.’;
Oscillateverb
move or swing from side to side regularly;
‘the needle on the meter was oscillating’;
Vibrateverb
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
Oscillateverb
move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm
‘the grain pan near the front of the combine oscillates back and forth’;
Vibrateverb
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
Oscillateverb
vary or fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc.
‘he was oscillating between fear and bravery’;
Vibrateverb
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
‘Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion.’; ‘Star to star vibrates light.’;
Oscillateverb
vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point.
Vibrateverb
To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
Oscillateverb
(of a circuit or device) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point.
Vibrateverb
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
Vibrateverb
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
Vibrateverb
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
Vibrateverb
shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Vibrateverb
move or swing from side to side regularly;
‘the needle on the meter was oscillating’;
Vibrateverb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;
‘He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement’;
Vibrateverb
sound with resonance;
‘The sound resonates well in this theater’;
Vibrateverb
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion;
‘he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine’;
Vibrateverb
move continuously and rapidly to and fro
‘the bumblebee vibrated its wings for a few seconds’; ‘the cabin started to vibrate’;
Vibrateverb
quiver with (a quality or emotion)
‘his voice vibrated with terror’;
Vibrateverb
(of a sound) resonate; continue to be heard
‘a low rumbling sound that began to vibrate through the car’;
Vibrateverb
(of a pendulum) swing to and fro.
