LURE
\lˈʊ͡ə], \lˈʊə], \l_ˈʊə]\
Definitions of LURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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something used to lure victims into danger
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anything that serves as an enticement
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qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
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provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
By Princeton University
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something used to lure victims into danger
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anything that serves as an enticement
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qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A velvet smoothing brush.
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To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
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To recall a hawk or other animal.
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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; - used by falconers in recalling hawks.
By Oddity Software
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A velvet smoothing brush.
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To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
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To recall a hawk or other animal.
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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; - used by falconers in recalling hawks.
By Noah Webster.
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Anything used as a means of drawing by promising profit or pleasure; as, thousands of foreigners have answered the lure of the freedom offered them by America; bait; a device, resembling a bird, used by a falconer to recall the hawk.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Any enticement: bait, decoy.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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