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writhe
English
Etymology
From Middle English writhen, from Old English wr?þan, from Proto-West Germanic *wr?þan, from Proto-Germanic *wr?þan? (“to weave, twist, turn”) (compare Old High German r?dan (“to wind, turn”), Old Norse ríða (“to wind”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Compare Lithuanian ri?sti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?th, IPA(key): /?a?ð/
- Rhymes: -a?ð
Verb
writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or (archaic) wrothe, past participle writhed or (archaic) writhen)
- (transitive) To twist, to wring (something).
- (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good.
- She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood.
- They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
- Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
- Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
- The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- (intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
- (transitive) To extort.
Translations
Noun
writhe (plural writhes)
- (rare) A contortion.
- (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
Anagrams
- Wither, whiter, wither, wither-
Middle English
Verb
writhe
- Alternative form of writhen
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vibrate
English
Etymology
From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /va??b?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
- 1961, Congressional Record
- […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Translations
Further reading
- vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vibrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- vrbaite
Italian
Verb
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato
Anagrams
- brevità, trabevi
Latin
Verb
vibr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?
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