Pulsate
[pʌl'seɪt;'pʌlseɪt] or ['pʌlset]
Definition
(verb.) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; 'The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it'.
(verb.) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; 'the city pulsated with music and excitement'.
Editor: Miriam--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Beat, throb.
Checker: Prudence
Definition
v.i. to beat as the heart or as a vein: to throb.—adj. Pul′satile that can pulsate as a wound: that may be struck or beaten as a drum: played by beating: acting by pulsation.—n. Pulsā′tion a beating or throbbing: a motion of the heart or pulse: any measured beat: a vibration.—adj. Pul′sative.—n. Pulsā′tor a pulsometer: a jigging-machine used in South African diamond-digging.—adj. Pul′satory beating or throbbing.—n. any musical instrument played by being beaten on.
Checked by Alfreda
Examples
- To-day there lie in submerged silence, but pulsating with the life of the world, no less than 1,500 submarine telegraphs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So she went on, the air around her pulsating silently, and oppressing the earth with lassitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Without its subtile, pulsating, intangible spirit, it is but dead matter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If a live snake be laid open, the heart will be se en pulsating and propelling its contents. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Meanwhile the type-wheels are rotating, carrying with them the rocking-lever, and current is pulsating over both circuits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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