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pul·sate

(pŭl′sāt′)

intr.v. pul·sat·ed, pul·sat·ing, pul·sates

1. To expand and contract rhythmically: could hear the heart pulsating.

2. To produce rhythmic sounds or other vibrations: music pulsating throughout the room.

[Latin pulsāre, pulsāt-, frequentative of pellere, to beat; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

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pulsate

(pʌlˈseɪt)

vb (intr)

1. to expand and contract with a rhythmic beat; throb

2. (General Physics) physics to vary in intensity, magnitude, size, etc: the current was pulsating.

3. to quiver or vibrate

[C18: from Latin pulsāre to push]

pulsative adj

ˈpulsatively adv

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pul•sate

(ˈpʌl seɪt)

v.i. -sat•ed, -sat•ing.

1. to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.

2. to vibrate; quiver.

[1785–95; < Latin pulsātus, past participle of pulsāre to batter, strike, make (strings) vibrate]

pulsate

Past participle: pulsated
Gerund: pulsating

Imperative
pulsate
pulsate

Present
I pulsate
you pulsate
he/she/it pulsates
we pulsate
you pulsate
they pulsate

Preterite
I pulsated
you pulsated
he/she/it pulsated
we pulsated
you pulsated
they pulsated

Present Continuous
I am pulsating
you are pulsating
he/she/it is pulsating
we are pulsating
you are pulsating
they are pulsating

Present Perfect
I have pulsated
you have pulsated
he/she/it has pulsated
we have pulsated
you have pulsated
they have pulsated

Past Continuous
I was pulsating
you were pulsating
he/she/it was pulsating
we were pulsating
you were pulsating
they were pulsating

Past Perfect
I had pulsated
you had pulsated
he/she/it had pulsated
we had pulsated
you had pulsated
they had pulsated

Future
I will pulsate
you will pulsate
he/she/it will pulsate
we will pulsate
you will pulsate
they will pulsate

Future Perfect
I will have pulsated
you will have pulsated
he/she/it will have pulsated
we will have pulsated
you will have pulsated
they will have pulsated

Future Continuous
I will be pulsating
you will be pulsating
he/she/it will be pulsating
we will be pulsating
you will be pulsating
they will be pulsating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pulsating
you have been pulsating
he/she/it has been pulsating
we have been pulsating
you have been pulsating
they have been pulsating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pulsating
you will have been pulsating
he/she/it will have been pulsating
we will have been pulsating
you will have been pulsating
they will have been pulsating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pulsating
you had been pulsating
he/she/it had been pulsating
we had been pulsating
you had been pulsating
they had been pulsating

Conditional
I would pulsate
you would pulsate
he/she/it would pulsate
we would pulsate
you would pulsate
they would pulsate

Past Conditional
I would have pulsated
you would have pulsated
he/she/it would have pulsated
we would have pulsated
you would have pulsated
they would have pulsated

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Verb	1.	pulsate - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" pulse, throb pulsate, quiver, beat - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" thump, beat, pound - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
	2.	pulsate - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" quiver, beat move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" pulsate, pulse, throb - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
	3.	pulsate - 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" pulse produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

pulsate

verb throb, pound, beat, hammer, pulse, tick, thump, quiver, vibrate, thud, palpitate The racing beat of her heart pulsated under my fingertips.

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pulsate

verb

To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements:

beat, palpitate, pound, pulse, throb.

Translations

يَنْبُض، يخْفِق

oscilovatpulsovatpulzovat

dunkeslå

sykkiäväristä

slá

пульсировать биться вибрировать дрожать

atmak çarpmak

心脏跳动

pulsate

[pʌlˈseɪt] VI → vibrar, palpitar

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pulsate

[pʌlˈseɪt] vi

[vein, heart] → palpiter

[music] → vibrer

pulsate

vi (lit, fig) → pulsieren; (head, heart) → klopfen, pochen; (voice, building) → beben; (music) → rhythmisch klingen; the whole school pulsated with excitement → die ganze Schule fieberte vor Aufregung; the whole town was pulsating with life → die ganze Stadt war von pulsierendem Leben erfüllt

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pulsate

[pʌlˈseɪt] vi (heart, blood) → pulsare; (music) → vibrare

pulse

(pals) noun

the regular beating of the heart, which can be checked by feeling the pumping action of the artery in the wrist. The doctor felt/took her pulse.

verb

to throb.

pulsate (palˈseit) , ((American) ˈpalseit) verb

to beat or throb.

pulsation (palˈseiʃən) noun

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The whole creature heaved and pulsated convulsively.

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The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-coloured and strangely pleasing.

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And so, leaving the remnant of these damned souls still going hither and thither and moaning, as the day grew clearer, I tied some grass about my feet and limped on across smoking ashes and among black stems, that still pulsated internally with fire, towards the hiding-place of the Time Machine.