| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To draw, incur, pull, drag or extract.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To entice, lure, tempt, tantalise or allure. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To beckon or invite. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To engage or employ. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To catch, strike, fascinate, captivate or take. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To embark, begin, initiate or start.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Present participle conjugation of the verb attract.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (attract) | 1. Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men".[Wordnet]. 2. Be attractive to; "The beautiful garden attracted many people".[Wordnet]. 3. Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies".[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: attracting, attracted, attracts, attractor, attractors, attractingly and attractedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. That attracts.[Websters]
2. Being alluring, tempting, seductive or bewitching. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being captivating or enthralling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being fascinating or enchanting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being pleasing, likeable or agreeable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being charming, nice, pleasant, adorable or likable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being magnetic or winsome. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being energizing or irritating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being cute or catchy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being rousing or stimulating.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ATTRACTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ATTRACTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of attract. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: attract
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Attract mode | An arcade game's attract mode is the display it shows when nobody is playing the game. The purpose of the attract mode is to attract passers-by to play the game. (references) | ||
| Opposites Attract | Opposites Attract is a 1990 hit single for Paula Abdul, taken from her album Forever Your Girl. It was written and produced by Oliver Leiber. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ATTRACTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Attracting groyne | Geography | A groyne slanting upstream or perpendicular to the bank. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: attract | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Opposites Attract | 14 | Attract mode | 3 | |
| Attract mode | 3 | Opposites Attract | 14 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
