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Type Words
Synonyms bait, come-on, hook, sweetener
Type of enticement, temptation
Type Words
Synonyms entice, tempt
Type of stimulate, provoke
Has types tweedle, bait, call, decoy, hook, lead on, seduce, snare, stool


He lured me into temptation.
Type Words
Synonyms come-on, enticement
Type of attraction, attractiveness
Type Words
Synonyms bait, decoy
Type of device
Has types ground bait, chum, stool pigeon, fish lure, fisherman's lure

Examples of lure

lure
It's a real-time tool that shows you structure, your own bait or lure, and fish.
From the post-gazette.com
It's a smart way to lure people back into the workforce, and it's time to do it.
From the businessweek.com
Lure fishing is best early in the morning with dark colored spinners and spoons.
From the sacbee.com
Other fish produce sounds to lure mates into nests and defend their territories.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some lawmakers would like to lure Hutchison and his cigarettes back to Illinois.
From the dailyherald.com
The Salina angler credited lure color among the things that lead to the success.
From the kansas.com
For a lot of hockey fans, fights and hard hits are part of the lure of the game.
From the cnn.com
The city is expanding its open-access fiber-optic network to help lure business.
From the washingtonpost.com
Still, Leavitt takes pains to select just the right color for a particular lure.
From the sacbee.com
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  • Entice: provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
  • Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
  • Bait: anything that serves as an enticement
  • Bait: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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  • A lure is a mechanism used in falconry. It is a pair of bird wings attached to an object which is swung round and round in a cord, for the falcon to chase.
  • Lure (foaled 1989) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and owned by Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he is a son of the leading stallion Danzig who in turn was sired by Hall of Fame and most prominent sire, Northern Dancer. He was out of the mare Endear by another Hall of Famer, Alydar.
  • Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure; An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish; A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk; To attract by temptation etc.; to entice; To recall a hawk with a lure