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lure - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward.
- noun An attraction or appeal.
- noun A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.
- noun A bunch of feathers attached to a long cord, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
- transitive verb To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation.
- transitive verb To recall (a falcon) with a lure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lore . - noun In falconry, a decoy used to recall the hawk to its perch on the fist.
- noun In heraldry, the representation of a lure with a line or leash at the end of which is a hawk's bell.
- noun In angling, an artificial as distinguished from a natural bait; something to attract a fish which the fish cannot eat.
- noun Any means of enticement; anything that attracts by the prospect of pleasure or profit.
- noun An enticing action or display; allurement; enticement; temptation.
- noun A Middle English form of
leer . - noun In hat-manuf., same as
looer . - noun An ancient form of trumpet still in use in Scandinavia, having a curved tube several feet long, used for calling cattle, and by traveling parties as a signal.
- To call; utter a peculiar call or cry, as in attracting an animal.
- To attract as by a falconer's lure and call; decoy; entice by the display of something.
- To allure; entice; invite by anything that promises pleasure or profit.
- Synonyms Entice, Decoy, etc. See
allure .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To recall a hawk or other animal.
- transitive verb To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
- noun A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
- noun Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
- noun (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
tempts orattracts , especially one with apromise ofreward orpleasure . - noun fishing An
artificial bait attached to afishing line to attractfish . - noun A
bunch offeathers attached to a line, used infalconry torecall thehawk . - verb To attract by
temptation etc.; toentice . - verb To recall a hawk with a lure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- verb provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- noun something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- noun anything that serves as an enticement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, of Germanic origin.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish lothr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.
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Examples
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If you start to retrieve right away, the lure is almost back to the boat by the time the fish reaches the point of splash down.
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Just as the lure is about to hit the water, extend the index finger of your rod hand to the spinning-reel spool to stop the line coming off the spool.
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Deliberately bumping structure with your lure is another crucial tactic, which works because most crankbaits have large bills.
Why Crankbaits are the Best Lure for Fall Largemouth Bass 2009
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This lure is a topwater soft-plastic that when rigged with a traditional wide-gap worm hook gives you a Spook-style walk-the-dog bait that is completely weedless (they come 4 per pack, by the way).
Money "Walks" 2009
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Plunge the tip of your rod into the water and make a figure eight at the end of each retrieve when the lure is about 3 feet from the boat.
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A rubber skirt imparts even more action, especially when the lure is at rest, and makes the bait look bulkier to hungry bass.
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When the lure is about 10 feet from the boat, release the reel's spool and make a figure L or 8.
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Another lure is the distinctive fragance of the marigold, the traditional Day of the Dead flower still known by its Nahuatl moniker, cempazuchitl *.
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Another lure is the distinctive fragance of the marigold, the traditional Day of the Dead flower still known by its Nahuatl moniker, cempazuchitl *.
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Another lure is the distinctive fragance of the marigold, the traditional Day of the Dead flower still known by its Nahuatl moniker, cempazuchitl *.
Related Words
synonyms (158)
Words with the same meaning
- adduct
- adductor
- allure
- allurement
- appeal
- attract
- attractant
- attraction
- attractiveness
- attrahent
- bag
- bait
- bait the hook
- baited trap
- be magnetic
- beguile
- bewitch
- birdlime
- blandish
- bola
- bribe
- bring
- cajole
- call
- captivate
- capture
- carrot
- carry
- catch
- catch out
- center
- center of attraction
- charm
- coax
- cobweb
- come-on
- con
- cynosure
- decide
- decoy
- decoy duck
- determine
- dispose
- drag
- dragnet
- draw
- draw in
- draw on
- draw towards
- drawcard
- drawing card
- drawing power
- enchant
- encouragement
- endearment
- engage
- enlist
- enmesh
- ensnare
- ensnarl
- entangle
- entice
- enticement
- entoil
- entrap
- enweb
- fascinate
- fillip
- fishhook
- flirt
- flirt with
- fly
- focus
- get to do
- gill net
- gin
- give the come-on
- ground bait
- have an attraction
- hook
- hook in
- illusion
- incentive
- incitement
- incline
- induce
- inducement
- influence
- interest
- interest in
- inveigle
- inveiglement
- invitation
- invite
- jig
- lariat
- lasso
- lead
- lead on
- lime
- magnet
- magnetize
- mesh
- meshes
- net
- noose
- offer bait to
- payment
- percentage
- persuade
- persuasive
- plug
- pound net
- procure
- profit
- prompt
- provocation
- pull
- pull towards
- purse seine
- reward
- rope
- rope in
- seduce
- seducement
- seduction
- seine
- siren song
- snare
- snarl
- sniggle
- spinner
- spread the toils
- springe
- squid
- stale
- stimulation
- stimulative
- stimulus
- suck in
- sway
- sweetener
- sweetening
- tangle
- tempt
- temptation
- toils
- toll
- train
- trap
- trawl
- trip
- tug
- wheedle
- whet
- wind
- wobbler
- woo
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