SIREN

siren

(noun) eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

siren

(noun) an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

siren

(noun) a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale

(noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Siren

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

siren (plural sirens or sirenes)

(Greek mythology) 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.

(biology) A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia (first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, 1671).

(biology) A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae (originally introduced by Linnaeus, 1766, for a genus of his reptiles), commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.

(entomology) 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 (first recorded 1879).

(music) 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.

(astronomy, astrophysics) An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

Synonyms

• (one who sings sweetly and charms): crooner

• (dangerously seductive woman): See Thesaurus:vamp

• (device for making a sound alarm): klaxon

Verb

siren (third-person singular simple present sirens, present participle sirening, simple past and past participle sirened)

To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

Adjective

siren

Relating to or like a siren.

Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enticing, sirenic

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, serin

Etymology

Proper noun

Siren

A county seat, Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, serin

Source: Wiktionary

---

Si"ren, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sirène.]

1. (Class. Myth.)

Definition: 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. Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Pope.

2. An enticing, dangerous woman. Shak.

3. Something which is insidious or deceptive. Consumption is a siren. W. Irving.

4. A mermaid. [Obs.] Shak.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidæ, 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.

6. Etym: [F. sirène, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)

Definition: 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. [Written also sirene, and syren.]

Si"ren, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins