Lures - English meaning

noun

The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Usage examples:

People for whom gold holds no allure

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident

noun

A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

His mother made an appeal for the return of the ring

verb

To be interesting or attractive

Usage examples:

Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old., [ t ] the verdict was appealed t…

verb

Cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.

Usage examples:

A campaign to attract more visitors to shetland

verb

To cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something

Usage examples:

An open flame attracts moths., the tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city.,…

verb

To make people want to visit a place or find out more about something

Usage examples:

Attract visitors/audiences/fans the exhibition attracted over 10,000 visitors., attract interest/at…

noun

The action or power of evoking interest in or liking for someone or something.

Usage examples:

The timeless attraction of a good tune

noun

Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey.

Usage examples:

Herrings make excellent bait for pike

verb

Variant spelling of bate1.

noun

An angry mood.

Usage examples:

He got into a stinking bate

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Usage examples:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Usage examples:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

Enchant and delight (someone).

Usage examples:

They both were bewitched by the golden luminosity of italy

verb

To attract or interest someone a lot so that you have the power to influence them

Usage examples:

He was bewitched by her beauty.

verb

Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

Usage examples:

He hoped to cajole her into selling the house

verb

To try to persuade someone to do something by saying things that please the person or make the person feel important

Usage examples:

She is constantly cajoling her fellow citizens to adopt modern ideas and methods.

verb

Attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm.

Usage examples:

He was captivated by her beauty

verb

To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, charming, or attractive

Usage examples:

Her singing captivated audiences everywhere.

noun

A tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Roast lamb with peas and carrots

noun

A long, pointed, orange root, eaten as vegetable, either raw or cooked

Usage examples:

If they finished the construction ahead of schedule, they were offered the carrot of a bonus.

verb

Gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The trainees were coaxed into doing boring work

noun

Coaxial cable.

Usage examples:

After all, you can't lay fiber, buy cable modems and pay for cable tv with surplus coax.

adjective

Coaxial.

Usage examples:

Coax connectors

phrasal verb

Move towards

phrasal verb

Used for telling someone to move or act quickly or more quickly

Usage examples:

Come on – we’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!, oh, come on. you have no evidence whatsoever.…

noun

A bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals.

Usage examples:

A decoy duck

verb

Lure or entice (a person or animal) away from their intended course, typically into a trap.

Usage examples:

They would try to decoy the enemy towards the hidden group

noun

Something used to trick or confuse a person or animal

Usage examples:

He carves duck decoys for hunters.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

verb

Give intense pleasure or joy to.

Usage examples:

Ruth was enraptured by the sleeping child

verb

To give someone very great pleasure

Usage examples:

The performance enraptured adults and children alike.

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb

Take or catch as if in a trap

verb

To catch or get control of something or someone

Usage examples:

Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

verb

Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.

Usage examples:

A show which should entice a new audience into the theatre

verb

To attract someone to a particular place or activity by offering something pleasant or advantageous

Usage examples:

People are enticed away from government jobs by higher salaries.

noun

Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure.

Usage examples:

Financial enticements

noun

The act of persuading someone to do something by offering them something pleasant

Usage examples:

One of the enticements of the job is the company car., foreign investors were offered every imagina…

noun

The power to fascinate someone; the quality of being fascinating.

Usage examples:

Television has always held a fascination for me

noun

A thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Give farmers an incentive to improve their land

noun

Something that encourages a person to do something

Usage examples:

[ c ] tax incentives are sometimes effective in encouraging people to save money., [ u ] these kids…

noun

Something, especially money, that encourages a person or organization to do something

Usage examples:

Financial/fiscal/monetary incentive cash grants were part of the financial incentives given to deve…

verb

Succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The pickets induced many workers to stay away

verb

Cause to act in a specified manner

verb

To persuade someone to do something, or to cause something to happen

Usage examples:

They induced her to take the job by offering her a bonus., if you want me to stay, you’re going to …

noun

A thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements

noun

An act or a thing that is intended to make something happen or to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

Inducement (for sb) to do sth they offered him a large pay increase as an inducement for him to sta…

verb

Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Usage examples:

We cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper

noun

A piece of iron or other material which has its component atoms so ordered that the material exhibits properties of magnetism, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field.

Usage examples:

Ferroelectric materials can create an electric field the way iron magnets create a magnetic field.

noun

An object, esp. a piece of iron, that is able to attract iron and steel objects toward itself

Usage examples:

Magnets are used to attach the toy train’s cars to the engine., we use a refrigerator magnet (= sma…

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

verb

Entice (someone) into sexual activity.

Usage examples:

A lawyer had seduced a female client

verb

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

verb

To persuade or trick someone into doing something by making it very attractive

Usage examples:

Nowadays you have to seduce students into learning through colorful graphics or exciting adventure …

noun

A trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.

Usage examples:

Most poachers used silent and invisible methods such as wire snares and jaw traps to capture their …

verb

Catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare.

Usage examples:

The foxes were humanely snared

verb

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

verb

To encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong

Usage examples:

I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake!, any free offer is always tempting.

verb

To make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

Usage examples:

Tempt someone into doing something the offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car., [ +…

noun

The desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

He resisted the temptation to call celia at the office

noun

The desire to have or do something, esp. something wrong, or something that causes this desire

Usage examples:

[ u ] it’s not easy to resist temptation., [ c ] ice cream is always a real temptation for me.

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet