pulsate

[ puhl-seyt ]

/ ˈpʌl seɪt /

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verb (used without object), pul·sat·ed, pul·sat·ing.

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

to vibrate; quiver.

OTHER WORDS FOR pulsate

1 pulse.

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Origin of pulsate

1785–95; <Latin pulsātus, past participle of pulsāre to batter, strike, make (strings) vibrate. See pulse¹, -ate¹

synonym study for pulsate

1. Pulsate, beat, palpitate, throb refer to the recurrent vibratory movement of the heart, the pulse, etc. To pulsate is to move in a definite rhythm, temporarily or for a longer duration: Blood pulsates in the arteries. To beat is to repeat a vibration or pulsation regularly for some time: One's heart beats many times a minute. To palpitate is to beat at a rapid rate, often producing a flutter: to palpitate with excitement. To throb is to beat with an unusual force that is often associated with pain or heightened emotion or sensation: to throb with terror.

OTHER WORDS FROM pulsate

non·pul·sat·ing, adjectiveun·pul·sat·ing, adjective

Words nearby pulsate

pulpwood, pulpy, pulque, pulquería, pulsar, pulsate, pulsatile, pulsatilla, pulsating star, pulsation, pulsative

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How to use pulsate in a sentence

The channel has pulsated with activity all week, including rapidly evolving information, such as which gates may become open for a few minutes to let evacuees through.
An army of veterans and volunteers organizes online to evacuate Afghans, from thousands of miles away|Jonathan Baran, Alex Horton, Elizabeth Dwoskin|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
These high-tech pieces of furniture offer powerful kneading, rubbing and pulsating pressures to teach your muscles a lesson in relaxation.
Best massage chair: Take relaxation to a new level right in your living room|Irena Collaku|August 13, 2021|Popular-Science
As the sun sunk low in the sky, a golden glow illuminated the pulsating grasses all around me, and I felt as though I was traipsing through a postcard.
Why Olympic National Park Feels Like Heaven|mturner|August 13, 2021|Outside Online
School boards across San Diego County have been pulsating with drama and tension over the past year and many of those disputes can be traced to reopening during the pandemic.
Fallbrook District Ousted Its Board President but Won’t Say Why|Will Fritz|July 20, 2021|Voice of San Diego

The Cassiopea jellies, about four inches long, spend most of their time upside down, tentacles reaching toward the ocean surface, and pulsating to push seawater through their bodies.
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof.|Veronique Greenwood|May 18, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Infinity Mirrored Room consists of roughly one hundred multicolored LED lights that pulsate at various speeds and patterns.
Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” Madness Takes Manhattan|Justin Jones|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All day the rain had been pending; all night it had held off until the whole earth seemed to pulsate with the desire for relief.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
If this is the case the pus may pulsate if present in large quantity.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Great waves seem to pulsate from the body into the wings, and with each wave goes color and strength.
Jewel Weed|Alice Ames Winter
Her heart began to pulsate proudly and in delight, for she saw that Cayamo had secured a scalp, the scalp of a Navajo!
The Delight Makers|Adolf Bandelier
In his lecture notes Harvey, in dealing with the heart, speaks of the right auricle as "the last to pulsate."
Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood|John G. Curtis

British Dictionary definitions for pulsate

pulsate

/ (pʌlˈseɪt) /

verb (intr)

to expand and contract with a rhythmic beat; throb

physics to vary in intensity, magnitude, size, etcthe current was pulsating

to quiver or vibrate

Derived forms of pulsate

pulsative (ˈpʌlsətɪv), adjectivepulsatively, adverb

Word Origin for pulsate

C18: from Latin pulsāre to push

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