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Meaning of Lure | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
lʊə

Definitions

  1. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  2. An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  3. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  4. A velvet smoothing brush.

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Examples

“How many have with a smile made small account Of Beauty and her lures”
“My Faulcon now is ſharpe and paſſing emptie, / And til ſhe ſtoope ſhe muſt not be full gorg'd, / For then ſhe never lookes upon her lure.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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