siren

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UK /ˈsaɪəɹən/ US /ˈsaɪɹən/

noun 5verb 2name 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

approaching

We could hear the approaching siren getting louder as the ambulance raced down the street.

air-raid, ambulance, factory, police, warning

VERB + SIREN

put on, sound, switch on

When the fire alarm went off, someone switched on the siren to warn people in the building.

hear

SIREN + VERB

go (off), sound, start

blare, howl, scream, wail

The fire truck's siren screamed as it rushed through the busy intersection.

die away

The ambulance siren died away as the vehicle disappeared around the corner.

Definitions

noun

One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

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 . Whoever draws near without knowledge and ...

One who sings sweetly and charms.

A dangerously seductive woman.

A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.

A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.

verb

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

To drive with a siren on.

adj

Relating to or like a siren.

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Synonyms

noun — a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

siren song

An enticing but dangerous appeal, especially a misleading one.

Romance never sang to him her siren song, and Adventure had never shouted in his sluggish blood.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airbor

Wiktionary

The siren blew.

Tatoeba · #54161

The noon siren is blowing.

Tatoeba · #271621

The siren sounded an emergency.

Tatoeba · #329563

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