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"word": "electromagnetic pulse"
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"word": "nuclear magnetic pulse"
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"word": "oxygen pulse"
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"word": "pulse demodulator"
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"word": "pulse detonation engine"
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"word": "pulse dialing"
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"word": "pulsejet"
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"word": "pulse modulation"
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"word": "pulse modulator"
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"word": "pulse ox"
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"word": "pulse pressure"
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"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."
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
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{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَبْض"
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍa",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَبْضَة"
},
{
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "نبض"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "պուլս"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anotʿazark",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "անոթազարկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nəbz"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "пульс"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "naṛi",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "নাড়ি"
},
{
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "spondon",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "স্পন্দন"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "пулс"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pols"
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{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mài",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脉"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈搏"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "màibó",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脉搏"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "puls"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "tep"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "puls"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "pols"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulso"
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{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulss"
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{
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "æðrasláttur"
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{
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "syke"
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulssi"
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"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pouls"
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{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "frm",
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
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"word": "pouls"
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"code": "fro",
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"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "poulz"
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{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pulso"
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{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗulsi",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "პულსი"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maǯiscema",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "მაჯისცემა"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puls"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παλμός"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfygmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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"word": "σφυγμός"
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{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sphugmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "σφυγμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dófek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דֹּפֶק"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nāṛī",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नाड़ी"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नब्ज़"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulzus"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "érverés"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "æðasláttur"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuisle"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polso"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "battito"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulsazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"alt": "みゃく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "myaku",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"alt": "みゃくはく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "myakuhaku",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈搏"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "puul",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ពូល"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ciipcɑɑ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ជីពចរ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"alt": "脈搏",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maekbak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "맥박"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "rehjen"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nebz"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chǭn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ຈອນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kam ma chǭn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ກຳມະຈອນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulss"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulsas"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пулс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "me",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ᠮᡝ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "panapana o te manawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sudas",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "судас"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "coxix",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цохих"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tętno"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пу̏лс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "би̏ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȕls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "bȉlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tep"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utrip"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "mapigo ya moyo"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "набз"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chîip-pá-jɔɔn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ชีพจร"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nabız"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nāṛī",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ناڑی"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dhaṛkan",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "دھڑکن"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulʼs"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nabz"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "mạch"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 5 2 8",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "peb"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Physiology",
"orig": "en:Physiology",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her pulse was thready and weak.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1764, “№ XXVII. A Dissertation on the Pulse, and the Dijudication Drawn therefrom.”, in The Medical Museum: Or, A Repository of Cases, Experiments, Researches, and Discoveries Collected at Home and Abroad […], volume III, London: […] W. Richardson and S. Clark; and sold by W. Bristow, […], →OCLC, page 216",
"text": "[A] Pulſe which is ſlow and large denotes ſufficient remains of ſtrength, tenſion, and thickneſs of the fibres of the heart and arteries, and a viſcid and tenacious blood. All unequal Pulſes are very bad, ſince they denote that there is neither a due influx of the ſpirits, nor a proper and equal mixture of the blood; but particularly ſuch Pulſes always prognoſticate unlucky events, when they are weak.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1870 May 21, Thomas Cash, “United Kingdom Band of Hope Union. Annual Conference.”, in The Temperance Record. The Organ of the National Temperance League, number 738, London: William Tweedie, […], →OCLC, page 247, column 2",
"text": "[M]y experience is that men may enjoy better health, do more work, have clearer brains, a steadier pulse, and go on to old age better without alcohol than with.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health."
],
"id": "en-pulse-en-noun-QDRnB3ll",
"links": [
[
"physiology",
"physiology"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
],
[
"rate",
"rate#Noun"
],
[
"indication",
"indication"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"health",
"health"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(physiology)",
"The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health."
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"physiology",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пулс"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"word": "syke"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"word": "syketaajuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"word": "pulssi"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пу̏лс"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 86 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȕls"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs."
],
"id": "en-pulse-en-noun-IWe7VAK5",
"links": [
[
"throb",
"throb#Noun"
],
[
"repeated",
"repeated#Adjective"
],
[
"sequence",
"sequence#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bíene",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "би́ене"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pulsácija",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пулса́ция"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"word": "pulsació"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"word": "syke"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puls"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palmós",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παλμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sláttur"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 45 4 4 9 16 6 3 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"text": "As pulseth in thy northern skies / Th' Aurora—so, in ecstasies, / Through starry maze, my spirit flies; [...]",
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"ref": "1867, Arthur H[enry] W[innington] Ingram, “To a Squirrel”, in The Doom of the Gods of Hellas, and Other Poems, London: A. W. Bennett, […], →OCLC, page 57",
"text": "Come, descend to lower station! / We are of the same creation, / And the life that all sustains / Pulseth in our purple veins: [...]",
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"ref": "1887 February 3, F. V., “O Heart Divine!”, in Lyman Abbott, Hamilton W[right] Mabie, editors, The Christian Union, volume 35, number 5, New York, N.Y.: The Christian Union Company, →OCLC, page 31, column 2",
"text": "O Heart Divine, that pulsest through all space, / Why dost Thou seem so far away and cold? / We miss the pressure of the arms that fold; / We long to hear Thy voice, to see Thy face. [From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.]",
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"A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them."
],
"links": [
[
"transport",
"transport"
],
[
"connection",
"connection"
],
[
"public transportation",
"public transportation"
],
[
"hub",
"hub"
],
[
"passenger",
"passenger"
],
[
"flexibly",
"flexibly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transport) A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them."
],
"topics": [
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʌls/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʌls/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[pəls]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʊls/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʌls/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌls"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊls"
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
],
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَبْض"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍa",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَبْضَة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nabḍ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "պուլս"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anotʿazark",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "անոթազարկ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nəbz"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "naṛi",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "নাড়ি"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "spondon",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "স্পন্দন"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пулс"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pols"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mài",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈搏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "màibó",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脉搏"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tep"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pols"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulss"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "æðrasláttur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "syke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouls"
},
{
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouls"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poulz"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗulsi",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "პულსი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maǯiscema",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "მაჯისცემა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puls"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παλμός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfygmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σφυγμός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sphugmós",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σφυγμός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dófek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דֹּפֶק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nāṛī",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नाड़ी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नब्ज़"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulzus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "érverés"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púls"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "æðasláttur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulsa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nadi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuisle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "battito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulsazione"
},
{
"alt": "みゃく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "myaku",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈"
},
{
"alt": "みゃくはく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "myakuhaku",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "脈搏"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "puul",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ពូល"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ciipcɑɑ",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ជីពចរ"
},
{
"alt": "脈搏",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maekbak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "맥박"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "rehjen"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nebz"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chǭn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ຈອນ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kam ma chǭn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ກຳມະຈອນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulsus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulss"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulsas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пулс"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nadi"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "me",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ᠮᡝ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "panapana o te manawa"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sudas",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "судас"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "coxix",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цохих"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouls"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tętno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пу̏лс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "би̏ло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȕls"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "bȉlo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tep"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utrip"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "mapigo ya moyo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "pulso"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "набз"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chîip-pá-jɔɔn",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "ชีพจร"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "nabız"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "puls"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pulʹs",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пульс"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nāṛī",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ناڑی"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "nabz",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نبض"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dhaṛkan",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "دھڑکن"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
"word": "mạch"
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puls",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health",
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"masculine"
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},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bíene",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "би́ене"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pulsácija",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "пулса́ция"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"word": "pulsació"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puls"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "beat or throb; repeated sequence of such beats or throbs — see also beat, throb",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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"roman": "tap",
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"word": "تپ"
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"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"code": "bg",
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cadenza"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
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"Rumi"
],
"word": "detik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulso"
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ритм"
},
{
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"ref": "1850, W[illiam] C[ox] Bennett, “The Shadow-hunted”, in Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 139",
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"text": "Hot blood pulsed through my veins as I grew angrier.",
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"text": "The streets were dark, and all that could be seen was light pulsing from the disco.",
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"ref": "1849, A[ndrew] J[ames] Symington, “To Mademoiselle Jenny Lind”, in Harebell Chimes: Or Summer Memories and Musings, London: Houlston and Stoneman; Edinburgh: W[illia]m Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 139",
"text": "As pulseth in thy northern skies / Th' Aurora—so, in ecstasies, / Through starry maze, my spirit flies; [...]",
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"ref": "1867, Arthur H[enry] W[innington] Ingram, “To a Squirrel”, in The Doom of the Gods of Hellas, and Other Poems, London: A. W. Bennett, […], →OCLC, page 57",
"text": "Come, descend to lower station! / We are of the same creation, / And the life that all sustains / Pulseth in our purple veins: [...]",
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"ref": "1887 February 3, F. V., “O Heart Divine!”, in Lyman Abbott, Hamilton W[right] Mabie, editors, The Christian Union, volume 35, number 5, New York, N.Y.: The Christian Union Company, →OCLC, page 31, column 2",
"text": "O Heart Divine, that pulsest through all space, / Why dost Thou seem so far away and cold? / We miss the pressure of the arms that fold; / We long to hear Thy voice, to see Thy face. [From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.]",
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"ref": "March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pulsiram",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"word": "пулсирам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"word": "syke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pulsować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "tętnić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"word": "pulsar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves",
"word": "pulsirati"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilagam impuls",
"sense": "to apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something)",
"word": "прилагам импулс"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to expand and contract repeatedly — see also beat, throb, pulsate",
"word": "sykkiä"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to expand and contract repeatedly — see also beat, throb, pulsate",
"word": "pulsar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to expand and contract repeatedly — see also beat, throb, pulsate",
"word": "pulsirati"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pulsiram",
"sense": "of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness",
"word": "пулсирам"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness",
"word": "pulsirati"
}
],
"word": "pulse"
}
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"t": "(collectively) seeds of a leguminous plant used as food; leguminous plants collectively; a species of leguminous plant"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "grc",
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"t": "porridge made from flour"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "en",
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"name": "der"
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{
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"name": "m"
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"Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume."
],
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[
"humans",
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"animal",
"animal"
],
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"legume",
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],
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],
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"uncountable"
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},
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],
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"mature",
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"(uncountable) Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition; (countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed."
],
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"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʊls/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʌls/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
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{
"rhymes": "-ʊls"
},
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "peulen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "peulvruchten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"word": "palkokasvi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"word": "légumineuse"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ósprion",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ὄσπριον"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "legūmen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "grahorice"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "annual leguminous plants yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; such a plant — see also legume",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "leguminoze"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "variva",
"sense": "edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "варива"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llegum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "grahorice"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants; specific kind of such a grain or seed",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "leguminoze"
}
],
"word": "pulse"
}
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