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pulsate

Dictionary definition · pulsate

verb

  1. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
  2. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion"the city pulsated with music and excitement"
  3. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses"pulse waves"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).