1. |
(verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses; "pulse waves," or cause an apparatus to produce pulses: "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" |
|
Synonyms: pulsate |
|
Related Words: create, make, produce |
|
2. |
(verb) drive by or as if by pulsation; "A soft breeze pulsed the air" |
|
Related Words: displace, move |
|
3. |
(noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" |
|
Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulsation |
|
Related Words: diastole, periodic event, pounding, recurrent event, systole, throb, throbbing |
|
4. |
(noun) edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants |
|
Related Words: legume |
|
5. |
(noun) the rate at which the heart beats |
|
Synonyms: heart rate |
|
Related Words: rate |
|
6. |
(verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The city pulsed with with music and excitement" |
|
Synonyms: pulsate, throb |
|
Related Words: beat, pound, thump |
|
7. |
(noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" |
|
Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulsing |
|
Related Words: undulation, wave |
|