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# pulse

noun (pulse, pulses); verb (pulse, pulses, pulsed, pulsing)

«pulse» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Your pulse is the beat of your heart that you can feel on your wrist or neck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#m1)
2. A pulse is one short beat, burst of light, sound or energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#m2)
3. Pulses are seeds you can eat, like lentils, beans and peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#m3)
4. To pulse is to beat or throb in a steady rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#m4)
5. Calling someone my pulse is an old, loving name for a person you dearly love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: a rate: beats per minute; problems ask how many beats in a number of minutes or seconds; count for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. In science and PE: pulse goes up with exercise and down with rest; a healthy child's resting pulse is often about 70 to 110. In food: pulses are rich in protein. In stories: «her pulse raced».

### Examples

- Her pulse is 80 beats a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x1)
- After running, his pulse went up by 30 beats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x2)
- How many times does a heart with a pulse of 70 beat in 5 minutes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x3)
- Count your pulse for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x4)
- Put two fingers on your wrist to feel your pulse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x5)
- The doctor checked my pulse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x6)
- Lentils and chickpeas are pulses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x7)
- The music pulsed through the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x8)
- Her pulse raced when the lights went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x9)
- “Is this true, my pulse?” he murmured. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/#x10)

### Note

A pulse is given as beats per minute, a rate: beats = pulse × minutes. Trap: if the pulse is counted for 15 or 30 seconds, change it to a full minute first (× 4 or × 2). Feel a pulse with fingers, not the thumb, because the thumb has its own pulse. «Pulses» (food) is a different meaning.

## In Jewish tradition

In Daniel it means seeds like beans and lentils that were eaten as plain food.

**Interpretation.** Daniel and his friends ate pulse so as not to defile themselves with the king's food. The tradition reads this as keeping the dietary laws in exile.

### Examples

- So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse. (Writings DAN.1.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pulse/#x1)
- 'Try thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. (Writings DAN.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pulse/#x2)
- brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (Prophets 2SA.17.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pulse/#x3)

### Note

A pulse is given as beats per minute, a rate: beats = pulse × minutes. Trap: if the pulse is counted for 15 or 30 seconds, change it to a full minute first (× 4 or × 2). Feel a pulse with fingers, not the thumb, because the thumb has its own pulse. «Pulses» (food) is a different meaning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pulse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pulse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pulse.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pulse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pulse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pulse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pulse.html) on Mova free.