Thesaurus: lure

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1. n. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
2. n. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
3. n. A velvet smoothing brush.
4. n. To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
5. v. i. To recall a hawk or other animal.
6. n. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
7. n. anything that serves as an enticement
8. n. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
9. v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
10. 1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. Shak. 2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton. 3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. Knight. To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract. I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay. To recall a hawk or other animal.
11. A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.
12. n:40/v:60 n. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward