Meaning of LURE
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- [n] something used to lure victims into danger
- [n] qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- [n] anything that serves as an enticement
- [v] provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
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| | Synonyms: | | bait, bait, come-on, come-on, decoy, entice, enticement, hook, sweetener, tempt |
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| | See Also: | | attraction, attractiveness, bait, call, decoy, device, enticement, fish lure, fisherman's lure, ground bait, hook, lead on, provoke, seduce, snare, stimulate, stool, stool pigeon, temptation, trap, tweedle | |
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\Lure\, n. [OF. loire, loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure,
decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G. luder lure,
carrion.]
1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited
with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
--Shak.
2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of
advantage or pleasure; a decoy. --Milton.
3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. --Knight.
\Lure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Luring}.] [OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See {Lure}, n.]
To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of
anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to
attract.
I am not lured with love. --Piers
Plowman.
And various science lures the learned eye. --Gay.
\Lure\, v. i.
To recall a hawk or other animal.
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| | Related Terms: | | adduct, adductor, allure, allurement, appeal, attract, attractant, attraction, attractiveness, attrahent, bag, bait, bait the hook, baited trap, be magnetic, beguile, bewitch, birdlime, blandish, bola, bribe, bring, cajole, call, captivate, capture, carrot, carry, catch, catch out, center, center of attraction, charm, coax, cobweb, come-on, con, cynosure, decide, decoy, decoy duck, determine, dispose, drag, dragnet, draw, draw in, draw on, draw towards, drawcard, drawing card, drawing power, enchant, encouragement, endearment, engage, enlist, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entice, enticement, entoil, entrap, enweb, fascinate, fillip, fishhook, flirt, flirt with, fly, focus, get to do, gill net, gin, give the come-on, ground bait, have an attraction, hook, hook in, illusion, incentive, incitement, incline, induce, inducement, influence, interest, interest in, inveigle, inveiglement, invitation, invite, jig, lariat, lasso, lead, lead on, lime, magnet, magnetize, mesh, meshes, net, noose, offer bait to, payment, percentage, persuade, persuasive, plug, pound net, procure, profit, prompt, provocation, pull, pull towards, purse seine, reward, rope, rope in, seduce, seducement, seduction, seine, siren song, snare, snarl, sniggle, spinner, spread the toils, springe, squid, stale, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, suck in, sway, sweetener, sweetening, tangle, tempt, temptation, toils, toll, train, trap, trawl, trip, tug, wheedle, whet, wind, wobbler, woo |
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