(n): (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
(n): the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
(n): an event that recurs at intervals
(n): the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
(n): sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition
(n): a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
(n): edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
(n): the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
(v): expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
(v): move rhythmically
(v): produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
(v): create or manufacture a man-made product
(v): drive by or as if by pulsation
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense