MEANING
To beat, expand, or fluctuate in repeated pulses.
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- pulsating membrane
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The membrane pulsated slowly.
The warning light pulsated against the wall.
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Word forms
- Base
- pulsate
- Past tense
- pulsated
- Past participle
- pulsated
- Present participle
- pulsating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- pulsate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are pulsating
- Present perfect
- have/has pulsated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been pulsating
- Past
- pulsated
- Past continuous
- was/were pulsating
- Past perfect
- had pulsated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been pulsating
- Future
- will pulsate
- Future continuous
- will be pulsating
- Future perfect
- will have pulsated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been pulsating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: pulsate; pulsates; pulsated; pulsated; pulsating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: pulsates.
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