reverberate

adjective

1. reverberant

2. Driven back, as sound; reflected.

verb

1. ring or echo with sound

Similar word(s): echo, resound, ring

Definition categories: perception, go, sound

2. have a long or continuing effect

- The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life

Definition categories: stative, endure, persist, prevail, run

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

- the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building

Definition categories: perception, reflect, reverberate

4. to throw or bend back (from a surface)

Similar word(s): reflect

Definition categories: perception

5. spring back; spring away from an impact

Similar word(s): bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring

Definition categories: motion, bound, jump, leap, spring

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

- reverberate ore

Definition categories: change, process, treat