heartbeat

«heartbeat» in Mova's school dictionary: one beat of the heart as it pumps blood — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (heartbeat, heartbeats)

meaning for a pupil

1) A heartbeat is one beat of the heart as it pumps blood. tree →

2) Your heartbeat is the steady sound or rhythm of your heart beating. tree →

3) «In a heartbeat» means very quickly, without stopping to think. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and PE lessons pupils find their pulse on the wrist or neck, count heartbeats for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to get beats per minute; exercise makes the heartbeat faster. A doctor listens to a heartbeat with a stethoscope. Phrases: count your heartbeat, fast heartbeat, in a heartbeat.

examples

• I could feel my heartbeat after the race. tree →
• The doctor listened to my heartbeat. tree →
• Count your heartbeats for one minute. tree →
• Exercise makes your heartbeat faster. tree →
• A baby's heartbeat is faster than an adult's. tree →
• I'd say yes in a heartbeat. tree →

note

Countable noun; one word: heart + beat. Maths: a child's resting heartbeat is about 70–100 beats per minute; 20 beats in 15 seconds = 80 per minute. The pulse you feel at the wrist is each heartbeat pushing blood.

In the corpora

• Each heartbeat squeezes blood out and sends a wave along the arteries, which you feel as your pulse.
• Death is not sleep: a sleeping animal still breathes and has a heartbeat, and it will wake.
• Hospital machines help sick people breathe, eat or keep track of their heartbeat; the beeps let nurses watch.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heartbeat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.