beckon

4 definitions found

beckon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beckoned (?); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Beckoning.]
     To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a
     motion of the hand.
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           His distant friends, he beckons near.    --Dryden.
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           It beckons you to go away with it.       --Shak.
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  Beckon \Beck"on\, n.
     A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon."
     --Bolingbroke.
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beckon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  beckon
      v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends";
           "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave]
      2: appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"
      3: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

beckon - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "beckon":
     appeal, attract, be attractive, bid, call, engage, fetch,
     gesticulate, gesture, interest, invite, mime, motion, motion to,
     pantomime, saw the air, shrug, shrug the shoulders, signal, summon,
     tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle, titillate, wave the arms,
     whet the appetite