Lure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  2. the power of attracting or enticing.
  3. a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping.
  4. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
  5. a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.
verb (used with object), lured, lur·ing.
  1. to attract, entice, or tempt; allure.
  2. to draw or recall (especially a falcon), as by a lure or decoy.
Idioms
  1. noting a pair of wings joined with the tips downward.
verb (tr)
  1. to tempt or attract by the promise of some type of reward
  2. to entice (a hawk or falcon) from the air to the falconer by a lure
noun
  1. a person or thing that lures
  2. any of various types of brightly-coloured artificial spinning baits, usually consisting of a plastic or metal body mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers, etc
  3. a feathered decoy to which small pieces of meat can be attached and which is equipped with a long thong
Lure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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