pulse | |
1. n. (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart. | |
2. n. A beat or throb. | |
3. n. (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music. | |
4. n. An autosoliton | |
5. v. To beat, to throb, to flash. | |
In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light. | |
6. v. To flow, particularly of blood. | |
Hot blood pulses through my veins. | |
7. v. To emit in discrete quantities. | |
8. n. Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals. | |