attract
/əˈtɹækt/ verb B1- To pull toward without touching. · A magnet attracts iron filings.
- To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure. · to attract admirers· Advertising is designed to attract customers.
- To incur. · Using the minibar in a hotel room attracts additional charges.
Plural attract · He/she/it attracts · Past attracted · Past participle attracted · -ing form attracting
Verb forms
- Base form
- attract
- He/she/it
- attracts
- Past
- attracted
- Past participle
- attracted
- -ing form
- attracting
From the library
Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below.
A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily.
A CROW was jealous of the Raven, because he was considered a bird of good omen and always attracted the attention of men, who noted by his flight the good or evil course of future events.
One of the huntsmen, attracted by the rustling of the leaves, looked back, and seeing the Hart, shot an arrow from his bow and struck it.
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