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Lure

Lure Meaning & Definition
Lure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lure?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lure: bait | bait | come-on | come-on | decoy | entice | enticement | hook | sweetener | tempt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lure: 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

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

Lure In Webster's Dictionary

\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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