noun A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
Her pulse was thready and weak.
noun A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
Her pulse was thready and weak.
noun The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.
noun A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
noun The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.
noun An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
noun A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
noun The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.