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pulsate

/ pulsate /

verb

verb Sense 1

expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

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

Type of:

beat pound thump

Derived:

pulse pulse rate heart rate pulsation heartbeat

Verb group:

beat quiver

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 2

move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

"the city pulsated with music and excitement"

Type of:

move

Verb group:

throb pulse

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 3

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"

Type of:

produce make create

Derived:

pulsation pulsing pulse impulse

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

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