beckon
to signal someone to come closer
TRANSLATION
to beckon = heranwinken, herbeiwinken, winken to beckon to him = ihm zuwinken LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"At one point we stopped by a roadside telephone and Andres dialled a very long number, which I can only assume was a satellite telephone. He muttered into the handset then beckoned me over."
("The most feared man in Colombia" - BBC News - 19 January, 2002)
("The most feared man in Colombia" - BBC News - 19 January, 2002)
Did you
know?
beckon
You can use this word in two ways:
1 : to call or signal to a person usually by a wave or nod (they beckoned us to come over)
2 : to appear inviting (new markets were beckoning)
You can use this word in two ways:
1 : to call or signal to a person usually by a wave or nod (they beckoned us to come over)
2 : to appear inviting (new markets were beckoning)
