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1. (n.) siren
(sometimes cap.) any of several supernatural beings in Greek legend who are part woman and part bird and who lure mariners to destruction with seductive singing.
2. siren
a seductively beautiful or charming woman, esp. one who beguiles men.
3. siren
an acoustical device that produces sound by means of a perforated, rotating disk that interrupts a jet of air or steam.
4. siren
an implement of this kind used as a whistle, fog signal, or warning device.
5. siren
any aquatic, eellike salamander of the family Sirenidae, having permanent external gills and no hind limbs.
6. (adj.) siren
seductive or tempting, esp. dangerously or harmfully.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME sereyn < OF sereine < LL Sīrēna, L Sīrēn < Gk Seirēn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Siren
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"
2. (noun) enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
3. (noun) siren
a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
4. (noun) siren
an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
5. (noun) siren
eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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1. (noun) siren
a device that makes a loud high sound to warn people
police/ambulance sirens; The tornado warning siren failed to sound.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) siren
of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song
2. (noun) siren
one of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction
3. (noun) siren
an enticing, dangerous woman
4. (noun) siren
something which is insidious or deceptive
5. (noun) siren
a mermaid
6. (noun) siren
any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long
7. (noun) siren
an instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. siren
an instrument for measuring the number of aërial vibrations per second, and thereby the pitch of a given note.
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Sense: a kind of instrument that gives out a loud hooting noise as a (warning) signal
a factory siren.
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 Afrikaans: sirene |
 Arabic: صفّارة إنْذار |
 Bulgarian: сирена |
 Brazilian: sirene |
 Czech: siréna |
 German: die Sirene |
 Danish: sirene; -sirene |
 Greek: σειρήνα |
 Spanish: sirena |
 Estonian: sireen |
 Farsi: آژير |
 Finnish: sireeni |
 French: sirène |
 Hebrew: צוֹפָר |
 Hindi: भोंपू |
 Croatian: sirena (zvučna), morska v |
 Hungarian: sziréna |
 Indonesian: sirine |
 Icelandic: sírena |
 Italian: sirena |
 Japanese: サイレン |
 Korean: 사이렌 |
 Lithuanian: sirena |
 Latvian: sirēna |
 Malay: siren |
 Dutch: sirene |
 Norwegian: sirene |
 Polish: syrena |
 Persian: آژير |
 Pashto: دخطر زنګ |
 Portuguese: sirene |
 Romanian: sirenă |
 Russian: сирена, гудок |
 Slovak: siréna |
 Slovenian: sirena |
 Serbian: sirena |
 Swedish: siren |
 Thai: เสียงหวอ |
 Turkish: siren |
 Taiwanese: 汽笛，警報器 |
 Ukrainian: гудок; сирена |
 Urdu: اونچی آواز نکالنے والا آل |
 Vietnamese: còi báo động |
 Chinese: 汽笛，警报器 |
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