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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lure /lʊr/USA pronunciation n., v., lured, lur•ing. n. [countable] - anything that attracts or tempts:the lure of the big city.
- Sporta live or esp. plastic or metal object used as bait in fishing or trapping.
v. [~ + object] - to attract or tempt:Can we lure you away from your present job?
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lure (lŏŏr),USA pronunciation n., v., lured, lur•ing. n. - anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- the power of attracting or enticing.
- a decoy;
live or esp. artificial bait used in fishing or trapping. - Sport[Falconry.]a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
- a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.
- Heraldry in lure, noting a pair of wings joined with the tips downward (opposed to a vol).
v.t. - to attract, entice, or tempt;
allure. - to draw or recall (esp. a falcon), as by a lure or decoy.
- Frankish *lothr-, cognate with Middle High German luoder, German Luder bait
- Anglo-French, Old French luere (French leurre)
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged temptation.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged seduce.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repel.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lure /lʊə/ vb (transitive)- sometimes followed by away or into: to tempt or attract by the promise of some type of reward
- to entice (a hawk or falcon) from the air to the falconer by a lure
n - a person or thing that lures
- any of various types of brightly-coloured artificial spinning baits, usually consisting of a plastic or metal body mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers, etc
- a feathered decoy to which small pieces of meat can be attached and which is equipped with a long thong
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French loirre falconer's lure, from Germanic; related to Old English lathian to inviteˈlurer n |