Meaning

(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
2. One who sings sweetly and charms.
3. A dangerously seductive woman.
4. A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
5. A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
7. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
8. (music) A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).

Example Sentences

Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you, / and a god himself will bring it before your mind. / First, you will come to the Sirens. / These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them. […]

My attention was diverted from this sight by a furious yelling, like that of the thing called a siren in our manufacturing towns.

Word Forms

• sirens
• sirenes
• sirene
• sirening
• sirened

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Use siren when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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