siren in English dictionary

  • siren

    Meanings and definitions of "siren"

    • ( original sense ) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
    • A dangerously seductive woman.
    • A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
    • A common name for mammals of Sirenia.
    • relating to or like a siren
    • adjective
      Relating to or like a siren.
    • noun
      ( original sense) ( Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
    • noun
      A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
    • noun
      A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra.
    • noun
      A dangerously seductive woman.
    • noun
      A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
    • noun
      A common name for mammals of Sirenia.
    • verb
      To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
    • A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
    • A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.
    • nymph of Greek mythology
    • device for making a sound alarm
    • dangerously seductive woman
    • kind of salamander
    • noun
      an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
    • noun
      a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
    • noun
      a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
    • noun
      eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

    Synonyms of "siren" in English dictionary

    adult female, temptress, acoustic device are the top synonyms of "siren" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of siren

    • siren ( plural  sirens) Examples The sound of a civil defense sirennoicon(file)
    • siren (plural sirens or sirenes)
    • siren (third-person singular simple present sirens, present participle sirening, simple past and past participle sirened)
  • Siren

    Meanings and definitions of "siren"

    • Siren (amphibian)
    • 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"
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