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The correct spelling is pulses.
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noun
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The correct spelling is pulses. A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart. For example: "In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light."
Usage Examples
“In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.”
“Hot blood pulses through my veins.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
- 2.A beat or throb.
- 3.The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
- 4.An autosoliton
- 5.Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals, especially in the mature, dry condition.
verb
- 1.To beat, to throb, to flash.
- 2.To flow, particularly of blood.
- 3.To emit in discrete quantities.
- 4.To operate a blender in short bursts, to break down ingredients without liquidizing them.
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