"reverberating" in the verb sense
1. resound, echo, ring, reverberate
ring or echo with sound
"the hall resounded with laughter"
2. reverberate
have a long or continuing effect
"The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
3. reverberate
be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
"the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
4. reflect, reverberate
to throw or bend back (from a surface
"Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
5. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
6. reverberate
treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace
"reverberate ore"
"reverberating" in the adjective sense
1. resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative
characterized by resonance
"a resonant voice"
"hear the rolling thunder"
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