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noun
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively
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noun
An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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noun
A velvet smoothing brush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of lur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: entice
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verb
To attract fish with a lure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To recall a hawk with a lure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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noun
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bait, decoy
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Broader terms: device
Narrower terms: chum, fisherman's lure, fish lure, ground bait, stool pigeon
noun
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: enticement, come-on
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Broader terms: attraction, attractiveness
noun
anything that serves as an enticement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, sweetener
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Broader terms: temptation, enticement
verb
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: entice, tempt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: provoke, stimulate
Narrower terms: hook, snare, seduce, call, stool, lead on, tweedle, decoy, bait
History
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh2- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”).
Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr.
Across languages
127 source translations are retained for this English entry.
