check/take/feel someone's pulse

:  exposure of a chess king to an attack from which he must be protected or moved to safety

:  a sudden stoppage of a forward course or progress :  arrest

:  a checking of an opposing player (as in ice hockey)

:  to put (a chess king) in check

:  rebuke, reprimand

:  to slow or bring to a stop :  brake

: used to express assent or agreement

:  to get into one's hands or into one's possession, power, or control: such as

:  to seize or capture physically

:  to get possession of (fish or game) by killing or capturing

:  a distinct or personal point of view, outlook, or assessment

:  a distinct treatment or variation

:  an act or the action of taking: such as

:  to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality

:  to perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)

:  to undergo passive experience of

:  sensation, feeling

:  the sense of touch

:  the quality of a thing as imparted through or as if through touch

:  some person :  somebody

:  the edible seeds of various crops (such as peas, beans, or lentils) of the legume family

:  a plant yielding pulse

:  the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart

:  the palpable beat resulting from such pulse as detected in a superficial artery

:  the number of individual beats in a specified time period (such as one minute)

:  to exhibit a pulse or pulsation :  throb

:  to drive by or as if by a pulsation

:  to cause to pulsate