SEDUCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they seduce ... he / she / it seduces

Past simple: seduced

Past participle: seduced

-ing form: seducing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

Example:

She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "seduce" is one way to...):

entice; lure; tempt (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

Verb group:

make; score; seduce (induce to have sex)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

seducer (a bad person who entices others into error or wrongdoing)

seduction (enticing someone astray from right behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Induce to have sex

Example:

Harry made Sally

Synonyms:

make; score; seduce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "seduce" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

"Seduce" entails doing...:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)

Verb group:

seduce (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

seducer (a man who takes advantage of women)

seduction (an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone)