Lure
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English
Noun
Lure (plural Lures)- Something that tempts or attracts with the offer of pleasure or reward, a promise sometimes false, sometimes kept, and sometimes broken.
- Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Proper noun
Lure
- A commune in the Haute-Saône département, in France.
Verb
Lure (third-person singular simple present Lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)
- To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
- To recall a hawk with a lure.
Adjectives for Lure
constant; obvious; velvet; successful; irresistible; divine; abiding; sweet; rare; natural; uncomfortable; insidious; unrivaled; unusual; foremost; notable; cosmopolitan; physical; sexual; pastoral; scenic; sartorial; historic; instant; growing; current; fleeting; scant; mutual; indefinable; obvious; chief; personal; casual; added; unspoken; spiritual; powerful; material; instinctive; poetical; resultant; acute; gratuitous; magnetic; electrostatic; hideous; fatal; permanent; secret; specious; mysterious; reciprocal; intellectual; accelerative; enormous; sylvan; intrinsic; conjugal; subtle.
Verbs for Lure
bait —; betray into — ; expose to —; follow ——; inveigle into —; maneuver —; risk —; spread —; succumb to —s; swindle by —; — attracts; — beguiles; — deceives; — deludes; — enchants; — ensnares; — entices; — tempts; — tricks; — victimizes.
Adverbs for Lure
delusively; obscenely; lustfully; coyly; lasciviously; sexually; sensually; joyously; suavely; wantonly.
Thesaurus
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, adduct, adductor, allure, allurement, appeal,
