Pulse

Quick meaning: Pulse is a noun meaning The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

Meaning

The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
2. (music, prosody) The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
3. A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
4. A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
5. (figuratively) The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
6. (cooking, chiefly attributively) A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
7. (chiefly biology, chemistry) An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.

Example Sentences

Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.

Her pulse was thready and weak.

You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.

I roved at random through the town, / [...] / And caught once more the distant shout, / The measured pulse of racing oars / Among the willows; [...]

Word Forms

• pulses
• pulsing
• pulsed

Synonyms for pulse

Depending on context, synonyms include HR, autosoliton, undulate, impulse, beat, throb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heartbeat, pulsation, pulsate, throb, beat, impulse.

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