Associations to the word «Lure»

Wiktionary

LURE, noun. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
LURE, noun. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
LURE, noun. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
LURE, noun. A velvet smoothing brush.
LURE, verb. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
LURE, verb. To recall a hawk with a lure.

Dictionary definition

LURE, noun. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
LURE, noun. Anything that serves as an enticement.
LURE, noun. Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed.
LURE, verb. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope