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pulsates

pulsates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pulsate.

Meaning of pulsate

Verb

pulsate (third-person singular simple present pulsates, present participle pulsating, simple past and past participle pulsated)

  1. (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
  2. (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
    • The party pulsated with revellers.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
  4. (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Questions about pulsates

What is pulsates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulsates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pulsate.

Words near pulsates in the dictionary

  1. pulsars
  2. pulsatance
  3. pulsatances
  4. pulsate
  5. pulsated
  6. pulsates
  7. pulsatile
  8. pulsatile tinnitus
  9. pulsatilities
  10. pulsatility
  11. pulsatilla

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