English dictionary

Siren

/'s/aI/r/@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a <i>siren</i> song.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

noun.person

Examples
Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

noun.person

Synonyms delilah enchantress femme fatale temptress

Source: WordNet 3.0
a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913