lure Definition
lure
verb
- lured, luring
1. To tempt or entice, often by the offer of some reward.
- Thesaurus: entice, allure, seduce, tempt, lead on, draw, invite, beckon; Antonym: repel.
- 1. Someone or something which tempts, attracts or entices.
- Thesaurus: trap, snare, bait, decoy, fake.
- A piece of meat attached to a bunch of feathers that a hawk, etc is allowed to eat during its training, so encouraging the bird to return to its falconer.
- Anything that an angler may put on a line to get fish to bite. See bait.
