Dictionary Definition
lure
Noun
1 qualities that attract by seeming to promise
some kind of reward [syn: enticement, come-on]
3 something used to lure victims into danger
[syn: bait, decoy] v : provoke someone to do
something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or
persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: entice, tempt]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- From Anglo-Norman lure, from loirre (compared with French leurre)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
Noun
Translations
artificial fishing bait
Proper noun
Lure- A commune in the Haute-Saône département, in France.
Verb
- To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
- To recall a hawk with a lure.
Translations
((trans-top|to entice}}- Finnish: houkutella
- French: attirer (dans un piège), séduire, leurrer
- ttbc Arabic: عربي: طُعم، إغراء
Norwegian
Extensive Definition
Lure can refer to:
- Lure (falconry)
- Lure coursing, a sport for dogs that involves chasing a mechanically operated lure
- LURE Leeds Undergraduate Research Enterprise
- Fishing lure
- Lure, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France
- Lure (horse)
- Lure mountain, a french mountain.
- Caudal luring, a form of aggressive mimicry in snakes
- temptation
- Lure, a wormlike tongue or forehead appendage found on many anglerfish and alligator snapping turtles
lure in German: Lure
lure in French: Lure (homonymie)
lure in Italian: Lure
lure in Dutch: Lure
lure in Sicilian: Lure
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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