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Reverberate

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Verb

1. echo, resound, reverberate, ring

ring or echo with sound

Example Sentences:
'the hall resounded with laughter'

2. reverberate

have a long or continuing effect

Example Sentences:
'The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life'

3. reverberate

be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves

Example Sentences:
'the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building'

4. reflect, reverberate

to throw or bend back (from a surface)

Example Sentences:
'Sound is reflected well in this auditorium'

5. bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

spring back; spring away from an impact

Example Sentences:
'The rubber ball bounced'
'These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide'

6. reverberate

treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace

Example Sentences:
'reverberate ore'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reverberate

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to resound or re-echo
the explosion reverberated through the castle
2. 
to reflect or be reflected many times
3. (intransitive)
to rebound or recoil
4. (intransitive)
(of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
5. (transitive)
to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace

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Reverberate

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈverberˌated or reˈverberˌating
1. 
to cause (a sound) to reecho
2. 
a. 
to reflect (light, etc.)
b. 
to deflect (heat, flame, etc.), as in a reverberatory furnace
3. 
to subject to treatment in a reverberatory furnace or the like
verb intransitive
4. 
to reecho or resound
5. 
a. 
to be reflected, as light or sound waves
b. 
to be deflected, as heat or flame in a reverberatory furnace
6. 
to recoil; rebound
7. 
to have repercussions, as an event or action [a governmental decision reverberating throughout the entire economy]
adjective
8.  Rare
reverberated

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Reverberate

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v. re·ver·ber·at·ed, re·ver·ber·at·ing, re·ver·ber·ates
v.intr.
1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho: Thunder reverberated in the mountains. See Synonyms at echo.
2. To be filled with loud or echoing sound: The theater reverberated with the speaker's voice.
3. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.
4. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.
v.tr.
1. To reecho (a sound).
2. To reflect (heat or light) repeatedly.
3. To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.

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