Толковый словарь английского языка - lure
Lure
lure
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, leure, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German luoder bait; perhaps akin to Old English lathian to invite, Old High German ladōn Date: 14th century an object usually of leather or feathers attached to a long cord and used by a falconer to recall or exercise a hawk, 2. an inducement to pleasure or gain ; enticement, appeal , attraction , a decoy for attracting animals to capture: as, artificial bait used for catching fish, an often luminous structure on the head of pediculate fishes that is used to attract prey, II. transitive verb (~d; luring) Date: 14th century to recall or exercise (a hawk) by means of a ~, to draw with a hint of pleasure or gain ; attract actively and strongly, Synonyms: see: ~
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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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