lure.
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
Meaning & usage
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
A velvet smoothing brush.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”).
To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
To attract fish with a lure.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”).
Alternative form of lur.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr.
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