pulse

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

2. 2noun

   The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

3. 3noun

   Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.

5. 5transitive verb

   To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.

6. 6noun

   the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

   "he could feel the beat of her heart"

   Synonyms

   beatheartbeatpulsation
7. 7noun

   (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

   impulsepulsationpulsing
8. 8noun

   edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

9. 9noun

   the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

10. 10verb

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

    "pulse waves"

    "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

    Synonyms

    pulsate
11. 11verb

    expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

    "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

    Synonyms

    pulsatethrob
12. 12verb

    drive by or as if by pulsation

    "A soft breeze pulsed the air"