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a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
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Origin of siren

1300–50; Middle English sereyn < Old French sereine < Late Latin Sīrēna, Latin Sīrēn < Greek Seirḗn

SYNONYMS FOR siren

2 seductress, temptress, vamp.

OTHER WORDS FROM siren

si·ren·like, adjective

Words nearby siren

siracusa, siraj-ud-daula, sirdar, sire, siree, siren, sirena, sirenian, sirenic, sirenomelia, sirens
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British Dictionary definitions for sirening

siren
/ (ˈsaɪərən) /

noun

a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure
(sometimes capital) Greek myth one of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited
  1. a woman considered to be dangerously alluring or seductive
  2. (as modifier)her siren charms
any aquatic eel-like salamander of the North American family Sirenidae, having external gills, no hind limbs, and reduced forelimbs

Word Origin for siren

C14: from Old French sereine, from Latin sīrēn, from Greek seirēn
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