Pulse (n.) Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc. |
Pulse (n.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries. |
Pulse (n.) Any measured or regular beat |
Pulse (v. i.) To beat, as the arteries |
Pulse (v. t.) To drive by a pulsation |
Re-turn (v. t. & i.) To turn again. |
Sea turn () A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center |
Turn (v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost |
Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to |
Turn (v. t.) To change from a given use or office |
Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of |
Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe |
Turn (v. t.) Hence, to give form to |
Turn (v. t.) To translate |
Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour |
Turn (v. t.) To sicken |
Turn (v. i.) To move round |
Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support |
Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate |
Turn (v. i.) To be deflected |
Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed |
Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe |
Turn (v. i.) To become acid |
Turn (v. i.) To become giddy |
Turn (v. i.) To be nauseated |
Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction |
Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb |
Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. |
Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. |
Turn (n.) The act of turning |
Turn (n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency |
Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change |
Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began |
Turn (n.) Successive course |
Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office |
Turn (n.) Convenience |
Turn (n.) Form |
Turn (n.) A change of condition |
Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows |
Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat. |
Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift. |
Turn (n.) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. |
Turn (n.) Monthly courses |
Turn (n.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /. |
Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. |
Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp. |
Turn-outs (pl. ) of Turn-out |
Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth |
Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track |
turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
kicksorter pulse height analyzer | scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass |
pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
pulse generator | a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses, usually adjustable for pulse rate |
pulse timing circuit | a circuit that times pulses |
turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
pulse modulation | modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
act routine number turn bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
turn of phrase turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
blinker turn signal turn indicator trafficator | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
turning turn | a movement in a new direction, the turning of the wind |
pulse pulsation heartbeat beat | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart, he could feel the beat of her heart |
reversal turn around | turning in an opposite direction or position, the reversal of the image in the lens |
pulsation pulsing pulse impulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients), the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star |
turn turn of events twist | an unforeseen development, events suddenly took an awkward turn |
pulse | edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
ampere-turn | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of ampere through complete turn of a coil, equal to . gilberts |
bend crook twist turn | a circular segment of a curve, a bend in the road, a crook in the path |
turn bout round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive |
turn of the century | the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century |
pulse pulse rate heart rate | the rate at which the heart beats, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
femoral pulse | pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin) |
radial pulse | pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) |
go spell tour turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else), it's my go, a spell of work |
a go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire | prepare for sleep, I usually turn in at midnight, He goes to bed at the crack of dawn |
get up turn out arise uprise rise | get up and out of bed, I get up at A.M. every day, They rose early, He uprose at night |
twist sprain wrench turn wrick rick | twist suddenly so as to sprain, wrench one's ankle, The wrestler twisted his shoulder, the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell, I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days |
turn grow | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute, become, The weather turned nasty, She grew angry |
change by reversal turn reverse | change to the contrary, The trend was reversed, the tides turned against him, public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern |
turn the tables turn the tide | cause a complete reversal of the circumstances, The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power! |
change state turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action, We turned from Socialism to Capitalism, The people turned against the President when he stole the election |
turn around pick up | improve significantly, go from bad to good, Her performance in school picked up |
turn around c | improve dramatically, The new strategy turned around sales, The tutor turned around my son's performance in math |
turn e | become officially one year older, She is turning this year |
turn down lower lour | make lower or quieter, turn down the volume of a radio |
turn | change color, In Vermont, the leaves turn early |
turn back invert reverse | turn inside out or upside down |