lure

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US /lʊr/ UK /ljʊə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to entice or tempt; a bait or enticement

They used bright bait to lure the fish.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to entice or tempt; a bait... entice tempt attract bait seduce allure beguile

Opposites

repel deter discourage

Word family

Forms luringly

Etymology

From Old French luerre, loirre ('decoy, bait'), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *lothr ('decoy, bait used in falconry').

luerre Old French *lothr Frankish

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