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noun

1. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward: allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, seduction, temptation. See like/dislike.
2. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult: bait, snare, trap. See like/dislike, safety/danger.
3. The power or quality of attracting: allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, magnetism, witchery. Informal pull. See like/dislike.

verb

1. To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action: allure, entice, inveigle, seduce, tempt. Idioms: lead astray. See persuasion/dissuasion.
2. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action: allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, magnetize, take. Informal pull. See like/dislike.

n

Definition: bait
Antonyms: deterrent, warning

v

Definition: attract, seduce
Antonyms: antagonize, deter, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, put off, repulse, turn off

IN BRIEF: To attract or lead by offering something that seems pleasant. Also: An artificial bait used in fishing.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. — John Burroughs (1837-1921)

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The skin-covered object which runs on a monorail on a Greyhound racing track and which the dogs are schooled to chase. The lure must be kept 30 to 40 ft ahead of the leading dog so that the field is stretched out. Bunching of the field is likely to cause too many injuries by bumping and fighting.

For a list of words related to lure, see:

• Hunting Equipment - lure: feathered decoy swung at end of line, sometimes baited with raw meat, used in falconry
• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - lure: any artificial bait used to attract fish, usu. distinguished from artificial flies
• Strategy and Tactics - lure: (vb) attract or entice into danger by false promise or decoy

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - lokke
n. - lokkemad, lokkemiddel, tiltrækningskraft

2.
n. - lur

Nederlands (Dutch)
verlokken, verleiden, overhalen, ten val brengen, valk/havik teruglokken, aantrekkingskracht, verleiding, lokaas

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - attirer, séduire, appâter, leurrer (un faucon)
n. - attrait, (fig) leurre

2.
n. - trompette

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - locken
n. - Federspiel, Lockmittel, Lockvogel

2.
n. - Lure

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δελεάζω, θέλγω, παρασύρω
n. - δέλεαρ, δόλωμα, έλξη, παγίδα, θέλγητρο, δελεασμός

Italiano (Italian)
adescare, lusinga, tentazione, esca

Português (Portuguese)
v. - atrair, seduzir, aliciar, fascinar
n. - chamariz (m), isca (f), atrativo (m), fascinação (f)

Русский (Russian)
соблазнять, приманивать, соблазн, приманка

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - tentar, seducir, atraer
n. - atracción, fascinación, tentación, seducción, señuelo, cebo

2.
n. - tipo de trompeta o clarín

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - locka, lura
n. - lockbete, (fisk.) drag, bete, lockfågel, bulvan, lockelse, dragningskraft

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诱惑物, 魅力, 诱惑力, 吸引力, 诱饵, 引诱, 诱惑, 以诱饵吸引

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誘惑物, 魅力, 誘惑力, 吸引力, 誘餌
v. tr. - 引誘, 誘惑, 以誘餌吸引

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 유혹하다, 꾀어내다, 후려내다, 불러들이다
n. - 유혹물, 유혹장치, 매력, 미끼, 함정

2.
n. - 트럼펫의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 誘惑するもの, 魅力, 擬餌
v. - 誘惑する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسترد البازيار الصقر, يغوي, يغري (الاسم) ريش البازيار, حزمه ريش مشدودة إلى حبل طويل يستعملها مدرب البزاة لإسترداد الصقر بعد تركه يطير, بحريه, إغراء, إغواء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮משך, פיתה‬
n. - ‮משיכה, קסם, פיתוי‬
n. - ‮חצוצרת ארד בצורת S המשמשת מזמנים קדומים בסקנדינביה לאיסוף בקר‬

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