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Beckon

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Verb

1. beckon, wave

signal with the hands or nod

Example Sentences:
'She waved to her friends'
'He waved his hand hospitably'

2. beckon

appear inviting

Example Sentences:
'The shop window decorations beckoned'

3. beckon

summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Beckon

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verb
1. 
to summon with a gesture of the hand or head
2. 
to entice or lure
noun
3. 
a summoning gesture

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Beckon

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verb intransitive, verb transitive
1. 
to call or summon by a silent gesture
2. 
to seem enticing (to); attract; lure
the woods beckon
noun
3. 
a summoning gesture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Beckon

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v. beck·oned, beck·on·ing, beck·ons
v.tr.
1. To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving.
2. To attract because of an inviting or enticing appearance: "a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City" (L. Frank Baum).
v.intr.
1. To make a signaling or summoning gesture.
2. To be inviting or enticing.
n.
A gesture of summons.

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