take pulse

take someone's pulse

to measure the frequency of the beats of a person's pulse. I can take my own pulse. The nurse took my pulse and said I was fine.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Photina	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
MaÏA	-	French
Yaakov	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Shai	-	Hebrew
Ainslee	['ænsli]
Jayanti	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi