lure

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)ʊə/, /lɔː(ɹ)/, /lɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lʊəɹ/, /lɔɹ/, /lɝ/
• Homophone: lore (some accents)

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

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2. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
3. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, IV. i. 178:

     My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure.

4. A velvet smoothing brush.

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Verb

lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)

1. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
2. To recall a hawk with a lure.

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc.

Adjective

lure

1. definite singular of lur
2. plural form of lur

Verb

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

Adjective

lure

1. definite of lur
2. plural of lur

Verb

lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. Alternative form of lura

Descendants

• English: lure