Attract

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force: Magnetic poles are attracted to their opposites.
  • v. To arouse or compel the interest, admiration, or attention of: We were attracted by the display of lights.
  • verb-intransitive. To possess or use the power of attraction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pull toward without touching
  • v. To arouse interest
  • v. To make someone feel sexually excited
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
  • v. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
  • n. Attraction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw in, to, or toward by direct mechanical agency or action of any kind.
  • To draw to or toward (itself) by inherent physical force; cause to gravitate toward or cohere with.
  • To draw by other than physical influence; invite or allure; win: as, to attract attention; to attract admirers.
  • Synonyms To entice, fascinate, charm.
  • To possess or exert the power of attraction: as, it is a property of matter to attract.
  • Figuratively, to be attractive or winning: as, his manners are calculated to attract.
  • n. Attraction; in plural, attractive qualities; charms.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
  • v. be attractive to
  • v. exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
  • Antonym
    repel   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pull   
    Cross Reference
    draw    catch   
    Hyponym
    beckon    captivate    bewitch    enamour    catch    enamor    entrance    fascinate    charm    beguile   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    invite    draw    entice    influence    allure    attraction   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract    act    attacked    backed    blacked    compact    contract    counterattacked    cracked    detract