Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lure
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Lure
lure
~1 v to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong, by promising them something they want; tempt (lure sb into/to/away etc) (I think he's trying to lure you away from Jerry. | prospectors lured to Alaska by the promise of gold) ~2 n 1 C usually singular something that you think is attractive, or the power that something has to attract you + of (Settlers were drawn to the West by the lure of free land.) 2 a piece of equipment, such as a plastic bird or fish, used to attract animals or fish so that they can be caught; decoy (2)
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(lures, luring, lured) 1. To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick them into doing something that they should not do. He lured her to his home and shot her with his father’s gun... The company aims to lure smokers back to cigarettes. = entice VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv 2. A lure is an object which is used to attract animals so that they can be caught. N-COUNT 3. A lure is an attractive quality that something has, or something that you find attractive. The excitement of hunting big game in Africa has been a lure to Europeans for 200 years... The lure of rural life is proving as strong as ever. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by away, into) entice (a person, an animal, etc.) usu. with some form of bait. 2 attract back again or recall (a person, animal, etc.) with the promise of a reward. --n. 1 a thing used to entice. 2 (usu. foll. by of) the attractive or compelling qualities (of a pursuit etc.). 3 a falconer's apparatus for recalling a hawk, consisting of a bunch of feathers attached to a thong, within which the hawk finds food while being trained. Derivatives luring adj. luringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OE luere f. Gmc 2. var. of LUR. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. соблазн; соблазнительность, прелесть, притягательная сила lure of travel —- заманчивость путешествий lure of the sea —- зов моря 2. охот. приманка 3. рыб. искусственная приманка 4. привлекать; завлекать, соблазнять, искушать a rival firm lured him away —- его переманила конкурирующая фирма 5. охот. приманивать, вабить ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) соблазн; соблазнительность 2) hunt. приманка 2. v. 1) завлекать, соблазнять (обыкн. lure away, lure into, lure to); No woman should allow herself to be lured away from her husband; Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap 2) hunt. приманивать, вабить Syn: see tempt ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1386, from Anglo-Fr. lure, from O.Fr. loirre "device used to recall hawks, lure," from Frank. (cf. M.H.G. luoder, M.L.G. loder "lure, bait"), from P.Gmc. *lothran "to call," root of O.E. laюian "to call, invite." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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