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- DictionaryLure/lo͝or/
verb
- 1. tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward: "the child was lured into a car but managed to escape"
noun
- 1. something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something: "the film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls"
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Synonyms for LURED: tempted, seduced, enticed, persuaded, betrayed, allured, decoyed, baited; Antonyms of LURED: warned, cautioned, alerted, forewarned, drove (away or off), turned away, repulsed, warded (off)
The meaning of LURE is an object usually of leather or feathers attached to a long cord and used by a falconer to recall or exercise a hawk. How to use lure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lure.
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
1. To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation: Customers were lured to the store by ads promising big discounts. 2. To recall (a falcon) with a lure. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, of Germanic origin.] lur′er n. lur′ing·ly adv. Synonyms: lure, entice, decoy, tempt, seduce.
Verb Forms. lure somebody (+ adv./prep.) to persuade or trick somebody to go somewhere or to do something by promising them a reward synonym entice. The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. Young people are lured to the city by the prospect of a job and money.
noun. anything that attracts, entices, or allures. Synonyms: temptation. the power of attracting or enticing. a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping. Falconry. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
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