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English verb: reverberate | |||
| 1. | reverberate (perception) ring or echo with sound | ||
| Samples | The hall resounded with laughter. | ||
| Examples | The woods reverberate with many kinds of birds | ||
| Synonyms | echo, resound, ring | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bong, consonate, reecho, reecho | ||
| 2. | reverberate (stative) have a long or continuing effect | ||
| Samples | The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | die hard, endure, persist, prevail, run | ||
| 3. | reverberate (perception) be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves | ||
| Samples | The waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reflect, reverberate | ||
| Verb group | reflect, reverberate | ||
| 4. | reverberate (perception) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | ||
| Samples | Sound is reflected well in this auditorium. | ||
| Synonyms | reflect | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mirror, reverberate | ||
| Verb group | reverberate | ||
| Domain category | acoustics | ||
| 5. | reverberate (motion) spring back; spring away from an impact | ||
| Samples | The rubber ball bounced. These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide. | ||
| Synonyms | bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, jump, leap, spring | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bound off, carom, kick, kick back, recoil, skip | ||
| 6. | reverberate (change) treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace | ||
| Samples | Reverberate ore. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | process, treat | ||
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