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    lure
    /lo͝or/

    verb

    • 1. tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward: "the child was lured into a car but managed to escape"

    noun

    • 1. something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something: "the film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls"

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  2. to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

  3. 1. : an object usually of leather or feathers attached to a long cord and used by a falconer to recall or exercise a hawk. 2. a. : an inducement to pleasure or gain : enticement. the lure of adventure. the lure of her beauty. b. : appeal, attraction. may succumb to the lure of candy, sodas and other sweets Cheryl Jennings-Sauer. 3.

  4. to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

  5. Define lured. lured synonyms, lured pronunciation, lured translation, English dictionary definition of lured. n. 1. a. Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward: the lure of the open road. b. An attraction or appeal: Living on the...

  6. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. “He lured me into temptation” synonyms: entice, tempt. see more. noun. anything that serves as an enticement. synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, sweetener. see more. noun. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.

  7. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of lure. Wiktionary. Synonyms: allured. inveigled. seduced. enticed. tempted. appealed. attracted. drawn. magnetized. taken. pulled. baited. cajoled. camouflaged. captivated. Antonyms: deterred. repulsed. disenchanted. dissuaded. antagonized. disgusted. Lured Sentence Examples.

  8. • The digging and concealing of pits into which animals could be lured was an even greater mental triumph. lure somebody into (doing) something • Obviously she had realised the futility of luring Silas into a chalet which lacked a double bed.

  9. To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick them into doing something that they should not do.

  10. n. anything that attracts, entices, or allures. the power of attracting or enticing. a decoy; live or esp. artificial bait used in fishing or trapping. Sport [ Falconry.]a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.

  11. "lured" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when talking about someone who was drawn or tempted into a particular situation or activity by something that was attractive or exciting. For example, "She was lured by the prospect of a new job.".