Definition of reverberate Reverberate

/ɹɪvɚˈbɚʌt/ - [riverberut] - re•ver•ber•ate

We found 21 definitions of reverberate from 5 different sources.

What does reverberate mean?

WordNet

Verb reverberates, reverberating, reverberated
reverberate - be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
		reverberate, reflect treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
reverberate - have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
		die hard, persist, prevail, endure, run stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
reverberate - treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
		process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
reverberate - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
		bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet
		bound, leap, spring, jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to
		kick back, recoil, kick spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
		bound off, skip bound off one point after another
		carom make a carom
reverberate - ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
		resound, echo, ring
		sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
		consonate sound in sympathy
		reecho repeat back like an echo
		reecho repeat back like an echo
		bong ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
reverberate - to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
		reflect
		acoustics the study of the physical properties of sound
		reverberate treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
		mirror reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"

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Wiktionary

reverberate (Verb)
To ring with many echos.
reverberate (Verb)
To have a lasting effect.
reverberate (Verb)
To repeatedly return.
reverberate (Verb)
To rebound or recoil.
reverberate (Verb)
To shine or reflect.
reverberate (Verb)
To shine or glow on something with reflected light.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

reverberate (a.)
Reverberant.
reverberate (a.)
Driven back, as sound; reflected.
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.
reverberate (v. t.)
To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
reverberate (v. t.)
Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.
reverberate (v. i.)
To resound; to echo.
reverberate (v. i.)
To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.