Definitions for lure

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lure lure

Spelling: [loo r]

IPA: /lʊər/

Lure is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in lure (elru).

Definitions for lure

noun

1. anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
2. the power of attracting or enticing.
3. a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping.
4. Falconry. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
5. a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.

Idioms

1. in lure, Heraldry. noting a pair of wings joined with the tips downward.

verb (used with object)

1. to attract, entice, or tempt; allure.
2. to draw or recall (especially a falcon), as by a lure or decoy.

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

Examples for lure

All sorts of deceptions are used to lure folk into the mountain gorges.

Better still, if I could throw temptation in his way, and lure him on to rob me.

Much has been said concerning the efficacy of the Water Fly as a lure.

The lure and addiction of gaming—which went back to pinball, of course—became a sensation with Asteroids.

You know you should walk away but the lure of the cover is just too much.

Here, they are brazenly advertised as "afternoon teas" to lure the unwary.

Adventure sports and mountaineering could lure in travelers during the off season, but they are still limited.

Still, despite the fairytale, campaigns pour good money after bad to lure this vote.

But by degrees he was once more ensnared by the lure of the gaming table.

As a lure for the ambitious, Silicon Valley and San Francisco are replacing Wall Street.