PULSE
/pʊls/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- verb expand and contract rhythmically.
— synonyms: pulsate, throb
- verb produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.
— synonyms: pulsate
- verb drive by or as if by pulsation.
- noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).
— synonyms: pulsation, pulsing, impulse
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart.
— synonyms: pulsation, heartbeat, beat
- noun the rate at which the heart beats.
— synonyms: pulse_rate, heart_rate
- noun edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.).
Examples
- “In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.”
- “Hot blood pulses through my veins.”
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