| VERB | motion | pulsate, throb, pulse | expand and contract rhythmically |
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| motion | pulsate, beat, quiver | move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | |
| creation | pulsate, pulse | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses |
| Meaning | Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The crowds pulsate in the streets; The streets pulsate with crowds | |
| Synonyms | throb, pulse | |
| Caused by | pulse | Drive by or as if by pulsation |
| Broader | beat, pound, thump | Move rhythmically |
| Similar to | pulsate, beat, quiver | Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion |
| Spanish | latir, palpitar, pulsar | |
| Catalan | palpitar, polsar | |
| Nouns | pulse, pulsation | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart |
| pulse | the rate at which the heart beats | |
| Meaning | Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the city pulsated with music and excitement" | |
| Synonyms | beat, quiver | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | pulsate, throb, pulse | Expand and contract rhythmically |
| Meaning | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | pulse | |
| Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
| Nouns | pulsation, pulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) |
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