Definition of: lure

(lr) noun
1. A device resembling a bird and sometimes baited with food: fastened to a falconer's wrist and used to recall the hawk.
2. In angling, an artificial bait; also, a decoy for animals.
3. Anything that invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure.
—v.t. lured, lur·ing
1. To attract or entice; allure.
2. To recall (a hawk) with a lure. See synonyms under ALLURE, DRAW. [<OF leurre <MHG louder bait]
—lur′er noun
LURES
a. Wood or plastic lure.
b. Floating cork lure.
c. Feather lure.
d. Dry fly.