pulsate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
Types & categories
- thump hypernym
Related & opposite
- heartbeat derivation
- throbbing derivation
- pulse rate derivation
- pulsate verb group
Sense 2 verb
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
the city pulsated with music and excitement
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- pulse verb group
Sense 3 verb
produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
pulse waves
Types & categories
- produce hypernym
Related & opposite
- pulse derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heartbeat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throbbing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pulse rate |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | pulsate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thump |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | pulse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pulse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | produce |