Cases of word usage

1) the soft grey matter in the head, center of the nervous system and of thought and emotion (brain)

2) (of a face) showing no emotion (deadpan)

3) (to cause something) to burst with a loud noise; (of a person) to show violent emotion (explode)

4) a very strong feeling or emotion (fixation)

5) a beam or ray of soft light; a brief snow of some quality or emotion (gleam)

6) a sudden and violent expression (of an emotion etc) (outburst)

7) a seed of a pea, bean or lentils used as food; the regular beat of the arteries, e.g. felt at the wrist, as the blood is pumped through them by the heart; the activities or thrill of life or emotion (pulse)

8) (to cause a person, thing) to come into contact with another; to produce an emotion in (a person) (touch)