Associations to the word «Reverberate»

Wiktionary

REVERBERATE, verb. (intransitive) to ring with many echos
REVERBERATE, verb. (intransitive) to have a lasting effect
REVERBERATE, verb. (intransitive) to repeatedly return
REVERBERATE, verb. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
REVERBERATE, verb. To send or force back; to repel from side to side.
REVERBERATE, verb. To fuse by reverberated heat.
REVERBERATE, verb. (intransitive) to rebound or recoil
REVERBERATE, verb. (intransitive) to shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.)
REVERBERATE, verb. (obsolete) to shine or glow (on something) with reflected light
REVERBERATE, adjective. Reverberant
REVERBERATE, adjective. Driven back, as sound; reflected.

Dictionary definition

REVERBERATE, verb. Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter".
REVERBERATE, verb. Have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life".
REVERBERATE, verb. Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building".
REVERBERATE, verb. To throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium".
REVERBERATE, verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide".
REVERBERATE, verb. Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke