siren

Meanings

Plural: sirenes, sirens

Noun

• a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
  • "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
• a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
• an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
• eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
• One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• One who sings sweetly and charms.
• A dangerously seductive woman.
• A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
• A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
• A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
• A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
• An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
• An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

Verb

• To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
• To drive with a siren on.

Adj

• Relating to or like a siren.

Synonyms

bewitching, crooner, Delilah, enchanting, enchantress, enticing, femme fatale, klaxon, sirenic, temptress, vamp

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