MEANING
Move repeatedly around a position, often in small, rapid motions.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- vibrate against a surface
- vibrate with sound
On the page
The loose panel vibrated against its frame.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- vibrate
- Past tense
- vibrated
- Past participle
- vibrated
- Present participle
- vibrating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- vibrate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are vibrating
- Present perfect
- have/has vibrated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been vibrating
- Past
- vibrated
- Past continuous
- was/were vibrating
- Past perfect
- had vibrated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been vibrating
- Future
- will vibrate
- Future continuous
- will be vibrating
- Future perfect
- will have vibrated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been vibrating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: vibrate; vibrates; vibrated; vibrated; vibrating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: vibrates.
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