Definitions for lure
lʊərlure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. lure, enticement, come-onnoun

   qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

2. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun

   anything that serves as an enticement

3. bait, decoy, lureverb

   something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

4. entice, lure, temptverb

   provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

   "He lured me into temptation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. lurenoun

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

2. lurenoun

   An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

3. lurenoun

   A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.

4. lureverb

   To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.

5. lureverb

   To recall a hawk with a lure.

6. Etymology: lure, from loirre (Modern French leurre), from lothr, from lōþr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lurenoun

   Etymology: leurre, French; lore, Dutch.

   1. Something held out to call a hawk.

   My faulcon now is sharp and passing empty,
   And, till she stoop, she must not be full-gorg’d,
   For then she never looks upon her lure. William Shakespeare.

   This lure she cast abroad, thinking that this fame and belief would draw, at one time or other, some birds to strike upon it. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   A great estate to an heir, is as a lure to all the birds of prey round about to seize on him. Francis Bacon.

   A falc’ner Henry is, when Emma hawks;
   With her of tarsels, and of lures he talks. Matthew Prior.

   2. Any enticement; any thing that promises advantage.

   How many have with a smile made small account
   Of beauty, and her lures, easily scorn’d
   All her assaults, on worthier things intent. John Milton, Par. Reg.

   This stiffneck’d pride, nor art nor force can bend,
   Nor high-flown hopes to reason’s lure descend. John Denham.

2. To Lureverb

   To attract; to entice; to draw.

   As when a flock
   Of ravenous fowl, though many a league remote,
   Against the day of battle, to a field
   Where armies lie encamp’d, come flying, lur’d
   With scent of living carcases. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   A man spent one day in labour, that he might pass the other at ease; and lured on by the pleasure of this bait, when he was in vigour he would provide for as many days as he could. William Temple.

   Should you lure
   From this dark haunt, beneath the tangled roots
   Of pendant trees, the monarch of the brook,
   Behoves you then to ply your finest art. James Thomson, Spring.

   Volumes on shelter’d stalls expanded lie,
   And various science lures the learned eye. John Gay, Trivia.

3. To Lureverb

   To call hawks.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Standing near one that lured loud and shrill, I had suddenly an offence, as if somewhat had broken, or been dislocated in my ear, and immediately after a loud ringing. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lure

   A lure is a type of bait or temptation often used to attract and potentially deceive someone or something into doing something. In the context of fishing, a lure is an object attached to a fishing hook and used to attract fish. In a broader sense, it can also refer to anything that attracts or tempts someone by promising some sort of reward or satisfying a particular desire.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lurenoun

   a contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks

2. Lurenoun

   any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy

3. Lurenoun

   a velvet smoothing brush

4. Lurenoun

   to draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract

5. Lureverb

   to recall a hawk or other animal

6. Etymology: [OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See Lure, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lure

   Lure is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and owned by Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he is a son of the leading stallion Danzig, who in turn was sired by Hall of Famer and prominent sire Northern Dancer. He was out of the mare Endear by another Hall of Famer, Alydar. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Lure is best known as the turf racing specialist who won back-to-back runnings of the Breeders' Cup Mile. After winning three graded stakes races in 1994, Lure returned to again compete in the Breeders' Cup Mile but finished ninth. He was then retired to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm and in 2004 was pensioned due to poor fertility.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lure

   lūr, n. any enticement: bait: decoy: (Shak.) a stuffed bird used in falconry for training the hawk.—v.t. to entice: decoy. [O. Fr. loerre (Fr. leurre)—Mid. High Ger. luoder (Ger. luder), bait.]

2. Lure

   lūr, n. a trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, &c. [Ice. lúdhr.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lure in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lure in a Sentence

1. Geoff Davis:

   The private equity owners may be stirring the pot in an attempt to lure a bidder.

2. European Council:

   We must work together countries of origin, transit and destination in order to break the business model of smugglers and traffickers who lure people into dangerous journeys and feed modern-day slavery.

3. Mate Hamori:

   So the idea was to somehow lure those who are the most capable of sympathising with Beethoven and his own suffering into the world of music.

4. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta:

   You lure your users by giving something free, and once they've got hooked onto it, you gradually start increasing the prices, it's the classic way all kinds of monopolies work across the globe.

5. Theresa Pierno:

   Through this administration's rule, such treasured lands will now allow sport hunters to lure bears with greased donut bait piles to kill them, or crawl into hibernating bear dens to shoot bears and cubs, shooting hibernating mama and baby bears is not the conservation legacy that our national parks are meant to preserve and no way to treat or manage park wildlife.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lure
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lure
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lure
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lure