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lure

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See also:Lureandlurĕ

English

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Some fishing lures

Etymology 1

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FromAnglo-Normanlure, fromOld Frenchloirre (ModernFrenchleurre), fromFrankish*lōþr, fromProto-Germanic*lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to*laþō(“invitation, calling”), or fromProto-Indo-European*leh₂-(“to hide”). CompareEnglishallure, also from Old French. Probably related toGermanLuder(“bait”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lure (plurallures)

  1. (also figurative) Something thattempts orattracts, especially one with apromise ofreward orpleasure.
  2. (fishing) Anartificialbait attached to afishing line to attractfish.
  3. (falconry) Abunch offeathers attached to a line, used infalconry torecall thehawk.
  4. Avelvetsmoothingbrush.[1]
Derived terms
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Translations
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tempting or attractive object
artificial fishing bait
falconry

Verb

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lure (third-person singular simple presentlures,present participleluring,simple past and past participlelured)

  1. (transitive) To attract bytemptation,appeal, orguile.
    Synonym:entice
    • 2012,Kate Bassett, “Mid-Seventies Onwards: Operatic beginnings andThe Body in Question”, inIn Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller, London:Oberon Books Ltd,→ISBN,page219:
      It had been sixteen years since the BBC’s Grace Wyndham Goldie wrote her internal memo aboutluring him back to make sociological/scientific TV programmes. Now a second note had circulated, from the science department, proposing that he should present the Corporation’s next educative megaseries.
    • 2014, Michel Clasquin-Johnson,What is the difference between a research professor and a professor?:
      Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research thatlured you into academia in the first place!
  2. (transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
  3. (transitive, falconry) To recall ahawk with a lure.
Related terms
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Translations
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to entice
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromIcelandiclúðr.

Noun

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lure (plurallures)

  1. (music)Alternative form oflur

References

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  1. ^Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Lure”, inKnight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.:Hurd and Houghton […],→OCLC.

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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lure

  1. definitesingular oflur
  2. plural oflur

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Low Germanluren.

Verb

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lure (imperativelur,present tenselurer,passivelures,simple pastlurte,past participlelurt,present participlelurende)

  1. todeceive,trick
  2. tolurk
  3. towonder (på / about)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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lure

  1. definite oflur
  2. plural oflur

Etymology 2

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Verb

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lure (present tenselurarorlurer,past tenseluraorlurte,past participleluraorlurt,present participlelurande,imperativelur)

  1. Alternative form oflura

Old French

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Etymology

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FromFrankish*lōþr, fromProto-Germanic*lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to*laþō(“invitation, calling”), or fromProto-Indo-European*leh₂-(“to hide”).

Noun

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lureoblique singular, f (oblique plurallures,nominative singularlure,nominative plurallures)

  1. lure(bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

Descendants

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References

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