lure
[ loor ]
/ lʊər /
noun
verb (used with object), lured, lur·ing.
to attract, entice, or tempt; allure.
to draw or recall (especially a falcon), as by a lure or decoy.
Idioms for lure
in lure, Heraldry.
noting a pair of wings joined with the tips downward.
Origin of lure
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French
luere (French
leurre) < Frankish
*lothr-, cognate with Middle High German
luoder, German
Luder bait
OTHER WORDS FROM lure
lure·ment, noun lur·er, noun lur·ing·ly, adverb un·lured, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for lure
British Dictionary definitions for lure
lure
/ (lʊə) /
verb (tr)
(sometimes foll by away or into)
to tempt or attract by the promise of some type of reward
falconry
to entice (a hawk or falcon) from the air to the falconer by a lure
noun
a person or thing that lures
angling
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
See jig, plug, spoon
falconry
a feathered decoy to which small pieces of meat can be attached and which is equipped with a long thong
Derived forms of lure
lurer, nounWord Origin for lure
C14: from Old French
loirre falconer's lure, from Germanic; related to Old English
lathian to invite