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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.

Equivalents

العربية السحر جاذبية
Bosanski drag
Català esca esquer
Dansk blink lokke
Esperanto loĝi
Galego abeto anzol atricar cebo isca tentar
Hrvatski drag
Bahasa Indonesia umpan
Kurdî bête yêm
Latina illecebra illex
Македонски примами
Nederlands aantrekken lokken lokkertje lokmiddel
Português atrair isca
Српски drag
Svenska agn bete drag lock locka
Tiếng Việt cám dỗ

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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