pulse

CEFRB1

/pʌls/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The regular beat of blood through your body.

  2. 02

    verb

    To beat or move with a regular rhythm.

Examples

  • The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.

  • The doctor felt his pulse.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

  2. The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • You have a regular pulse.

  • Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.

  • You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pous, pouse (“regular beat of arteries, pulse; heartbeat; place on the body where a pulse is detectable; beat (of a musical instrument); energy, vitality”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman puls, pous, pus, and Middle French pouls, poulz, pous [and other forms], Old French pous, pulz (“regular beat of arteries; place on the body where a pulse is detectable”) (modern French pouls), and from their etymon Latin pulsus (“beat, impulse, pulse, stroke; regular beat of arteries or the heart”), from pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to banish, eject, expel; to set in motion; to strike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat, stri...