lure

From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish lothr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.

• (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)

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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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

• allure

Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr

lure (plural lures)

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

• ReLU, Ruel, Rule, rule

lure

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

From Middle Low German luren

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)

• “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

lure

1. definite of lur
2. plural of lur

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

From Frankish

lure f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)

1. lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

• English: lure

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