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ALL meanings of sirening

si·ren
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  • noun sirening Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing. 1
  • noun sirening a seductively beautiful or charming woman, especially one who beguiles men: a siren of the silver screen. 1
  • noun sirening an acoustical instrument for producing musical tones, consisting essentially of a disk pierced with holes arranged equidistantly in a circle, rotated over a jet or stream of compressed air, steam, or the like, so that the stream is alternately interrupted and allowed to pass. 1
  • noun sirening an implement of this kind used as a whistle, fog signal, or warning device. 1
  • noun sirening any of several aquatic, eellike salamanders of the family Sirenidae, having permanent external gills, small forelimbs, and no posterior limbs. 1
  • adjective sirening of or like a siren. 1
  • adjective sirening seductive or tempting, especially dangerously or harmfully: the siren call of adventure. 1
  • verb without object sirening to go with the siren sounding, as a fire engine. 1
  • verb with object sirening to allure in the manner of a siren. 1
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