siren

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. Relating to or like a siren.

noun

1. 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

Definition categories: person

2. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Similar word(s): delilah, enchantress, temptress

Definition categories: person, woman

3. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

Definition categories: communication, alarm, alarum, alert

4. an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

Definition categories: man–made, alarm

5. eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

Definition categories: animal, salamander

verb

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