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throb

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Throb  \Throb\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Throbbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Throbbing}.]  [OE.  [thorn]robben;  of  uncertain  origin;  cf 
  Russ.  trepete  a  trembling,  and  E.  trepidation.] 
  To  beat  or  pulsate,  with  more  than  usual  force  or  rapidity; 
  to  beat  in  consequence  of  agitation;  to  palpitate;  --  said  of 
  the  heart,  pulse,  etc 
 
  My  heart  Throbs  to  know  one  thing  --Shak. 
 
  Here  may  his  head  lie  on  my  throbbing  breast.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Throb  \Throb\,  n. 
  A  beat  or  strong  pulsation,  as  of  the  heart  and  arteries;  a 
  violent  beating;  a  papitation: 
 
  The  impatient  throbs  and  longings  of  a  soul  That  pants 
  and  reaches  after  distant  good.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  throb 
  n  :  an  instance  of  rapid  strong  pulsation  (of  the  heart);  "he 
  felt  a  throbbing  in  his  head"  [syn:  {throbbing},  {pounding}] 
  v  1:  pulsate  or  pound  with  abnormal  force;  "my  head  is  pounding"; 
  "Her  heart  was  throbbing"  [syn:  {pound}] 
  2:  expand  and  contract  rhythmically;  beat  rhythmically;  "The 
  city  pulsed  with  with  music  and  excitement"  [syn:  {pulsate}, 
  {pulse}] 
  3:  tremble  convulsively  [syn:  {shudder},  {shiver},  {thrill}]




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