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Look up: lure

  1. lure
    [n] - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lure
    A roughly prey shaped item tied with a piece of meat and swung or dragged for a raptor to chase.
    Found on http://www.nbpc.co.uk/glossary.htm

  3. Lure
    Lure noun [ Old French loire , loirre , loerre , French leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; confer Middle High German luoder , German luder lure, carrion.] 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 prospe ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  4. Lure
    Lure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lured ; present participle & verbal noun Luring .] [ Old French loirer , loirier , French leurrer . See Lure , noun ] To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entic ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  5. Lure
    Lure intransitive verb To recall a hawk or other animal.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  6. lure
    enticement noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Lure
    `Lure` can refer to: * Lure (falconry) * Lure coursing, a sport for dogs that involves chasing a mechanically operated lure * LURE Leeds Undergraduate Research Enterprise * Fishing lure * Lure, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France * Lure (horse) * Caudal luring, a form of aggressive mimicry in snakes * temptation scn:Lure
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lure

  8. Lure
    • (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. • (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. • (n.) A velvet smoothing brush. • (n.) To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that p...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. lure
    (from the article `Polynesian culture`) ...reefs or shorelines and in the shallows. Shrimps were netted with fine nets, while lobsters were collected by men who dove and pried their spiny ... ...Spinning rods are generally 7–10 feet long, while the usual length of a bait casting rod is 5–6 feet. As with fly fishing, bait casti...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/85


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