beckon  /ˈbɛkən/ verb |
inflected forms: beckons; beckoned; beckoning
1 : to signal (someone) with your arm or hand in order to tell that person to come closer or follow [with object] • She was beckoningthem in to shore. • He beckoned them over (to where he was). • She beckoned the waiter to come over. [no object] • Shebeckoned to the waiter to come over.
2 a [no object] : to appear attractive or inviting • From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him. • New adventures were beckoning. • a beckoning smile
2 b [with object] : to attract (someone or something) • The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.
— beckoningly adverb [more beckoningly; most beckoningly] • She smiled beckoningly.
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