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v. To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving.

v. 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).

verb-intransitive. To make a signaling or summoning gesture.

verb-intransitive. To be inviting or enticing.

n. A gesture of summons.

v. To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

n. A sign made without words; a beck.

v. To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.

n. A sign made without words; a beck.

To make a significant gesture with the head or hand, intended as a hint or an intimation, especially of a desire for approach or departure, or for silence.

To make a significant sign to; summon or direct by making signs.

n. A significant gesture: as, “at the first beckon,” Boling-broke, Parties.

v. signal with the hands or nod

v. summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

v. appear inviting

"The Tibetan scarves that dance and beckon from the tables of street vendors are orange."

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