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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
pulse
/pʊls/
noun1 of 2
beat of the heart
- “You check for a pulse, but find none.”Tatoeba
- “The patient's pulse and blood pressure are normal.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To beat, to throb, to flash.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)