lure
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Some fishing lures
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-. Compare English allure, also from Old French.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l(j)ʊə/, /lɔː(ɹ)/, /lɜː/
- (US) IPA(key): /lʊəɹ/, /lɔɹ/, /lɝ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: lore (some accents), law (some non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
Noun
lure (plural lures)
- (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J. M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 2:
- How many have with a smile made small account
Of Beauty and her lures
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 222:
- My Faulcon now is ſharpe and paſſing emptie, / And til ſhe ſtoope ſhe muſt not be full gorg'd, / For then ſhe never lookes upon her lure.
- A velvet smoothing brush.
Derived terms
Translations
tempting or attractive object
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artificial fishing bait
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falconry
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Verb
lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)
- (intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
- Synonym: entice
- (transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
- (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.
Related terms
Translations
to entice
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Etymology 2
Noun
lure (plural lures)
References
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Lure”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
lure
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German luren.
Verb
lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)
References
- “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Adjective
lure
Etymology 2
Verb
lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)
- Alternative form of lura
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish.
Noun
lure oblique singular, f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)
- lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)
Descendants
- English: lure
References
- lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub