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Reverberating

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Adjective

1. resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative

characterized by resonance

Example Sentences:
'a resonant voice'
'hear the rolling thunder'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reverberating

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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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Reverberating

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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.

Reverberating

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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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