Reverberate - Definition

v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
2: have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my
teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
3: be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the
waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
4: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected
well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate]
5: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]
6: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory
furnace; "reverberate ore"