siren : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: siren	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for siren
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Siren n 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" a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive Synonym(s): enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Siren \Si"ren\, a. Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Siren \Si"ren\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sir[8a]ne.] 1. (Class. Myth.) 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. Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. --Pope. 2. An enticing, dangerous woman. --Shak. 3. Something which is insidious or deceptive. Consumption is a siren. --W. Irving. 4. A mermaid. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus {Siren} or family {Sirenid[91]}, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species ({Siren lacertina}) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long. 6. [F. sir[8a]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written also {sirene}, and {syren}.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Siren, WI (village, FIPS 74175) Location: 45.78368 N, 92.37997 W Population (1990): 863 (456 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54872