Meaning

7 senses

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive)To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

    produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

  2. (transitive)To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.

  3. (transitive)To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.

  4. (transitive)To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).

  5. (transitive)To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.

  6. (figuratively, intransitive, literary)To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.

    Hot blood pulsed through my veins as I grew angrier.

    The streets were dark, and all that could be seen was light pulsing from the disco.

    expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

  7. (figuratively, intransitive)Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.

Examples

95 sentences

  1. Your pulse is normal.

    У тебе нормальний пульс. — deniko

    ruВаши зернобобовые в порядке. — shanghainese

    deDein Puls ist normal. — Manfredo

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  2. Is his pulse regular?

    У нього нормальний пульс? — deniko

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  3. My pulse is fast.

    У мене швидкий пульс. — deniko

    ruУ меня частый пульс. — Balamax

    deMein Puls ist schnell. — Zaghawa

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  4. My pulse is slow.

    У мене повільний пульс. — deniko

    ruУ меня медленный пульс. — shanghainese

    deMein Puls ist langsam. — Zaghawa

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  5. The doctor felt my pulse.

    Лікар пощупав мій пульс. — uaspeaker

    ruДоктор пощупал мой пульс. — Hellerick

    deDer Doktor fühlte meinen Puls. — jakov

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pulsen (“to pulse, throb”), from Latin puls

From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pulsen (“to pulse, throb”), from Latin pulsāre, the present active infinitive of pulsō (“to push; to beat, batter, hammer, strike; to knock on; (figuratively) to drive or urge on, impel; to move; to agitate, disquiet, disturb”), the frequentative of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to banish, eject, expel; to set in motion; to strike”); see further at etymology 1. Doublet of push.

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Forms

pulses, pulsing, pulsed, pulsed
Base formpulse · to pulse
3rd person singularpulses
Present participlepulsing
Past simplepulsed
Past participlepulsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypulse
he, she, itpulses

Past simpleLesson

all personspulsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pulsed
he, she, ithas pulsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pulse

Synonyms

3 synonyms
undulate
Close in meaning
  • produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses:pulsate
  • expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically:pulsatethrob

Word family

9 related words
Relatedpulsatepulsatingpulsationpulsativepulsatorpulsatorypulserpulsing
Derivedpulsed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pulppulpitpulsarpulsatepumapumicepummel

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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