reverberate

(rĭ-vûr'bə-rāt')

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.intr.

1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho.
2. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.
3. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.
4. To be forced or driven back; recoil or rebound.

v.tr.

1. To reecho (a sound). See synonyms at echo.
2. To reflect (heat or light) repeatedly.
3. To drive or force back; repel.
4. To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.

[Latin reverberāre, reverberāt-, to repel : re-, re- + verberāre, to beat (from verber, whip).]

reverberator re·ver'ber·a·tor n.

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verb

To send back the sound of: echo, rebound, reecho, reflect, repeat, resound. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

v

Definition: vibrate in sound
Antonyms: quieten

IN BRIEF: To bounce back, as sound; echo.

The naturalist's voice will reverberate in the cave.

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• Sound, Hearing, and Deafness - reverberate: (vb) reecho, resound; be reflected repeatedly, as sound waves from walls of a confined space

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - give genlyd, kastes tilbage
v. tr. - kaste tilbage

Nederlands (Dutch)
weerklinken, weerkaatsen, galmen

Français (French)
v. intr. - résonner (de), résonner (dans, par), se propager (dans), se réverbérer
v. tr. - renvoyer, répercuter (un son), réverbérer, réfléchir, (Tech) fondre au four à réverbère

Deutsch (German)
v. - widerhallen, zurückwerfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντηχώ, αντιβουίζω, (μτφ.) αντανακλώ/-ώμαι

Italiano (Italian)
risuonare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reverberar, refletir

Русский (Russian)
греметь, реверберировать, отражать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - resonar, retumbar, reverberar, reflejarse
v. tr. - reflejar, tratar en horno de reverbero

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - genljuda, reflektera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
回响, 弹回, 反射, 反响, 使反响, 使回响

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 回響, 彈回, 反射, 反響
v. tr. - 使反響, 反射, 使回響

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 반향하다, 울려 퍼지다, 반사하다
v. tr. - 반향 시키다, 반사하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 反響させる, 反射する, はね返る, 鳴り響く
adj. - 反響する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرد, يصدي, يدوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הדהד, השתקף‬
v. tr. - ‮הדהד, הרעים, שיקף‬

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