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lures

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lures.

Editorial note

Maybe hooking up the coms is also possible, I'd like to stream the video feed of the cameras in the lures too.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A velvet smoothing brush.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lures gathered in one view.

noun

A velvet smoothing brush.

noun

(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

verb

(transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lures.

noun

A velvet smoothing brush.

noun

(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

verb

(transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.

noun

(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

Example sentences

1

Maybe hooking up the coms is also possible, I'd like to stream the video feed of the cameras in the lures too.

2

Quite possibly, but this is one of the lures of an early stage start up for me.

3

Much like your blog tutorial in rails, it lures you in and makes it look easy.

4

A good designed title is just that, until it lures you into content which does not live up to its billing.

5

Any development that lures these people away from my Starbucks is OK in my book.

6

Summary: > In short, the finance sector lures away high-skilled workers from other industries.

7

In short, the finance sector lures away high-skilled workers from other industries LOL.

8

I would - without trying to bash the project - like to understand what lures people into using this app?

9

It's like the choice to use angle brackets for generics - if the intent is to be easy for programmers with a certain background, that only lures them in with a false sense of familiarity.

10

Snakes don't rely on lures or deception; they sneak up on their small prey and try to keep out of the way of larger animals.

11

What lures me to programming is an obsession with progress.

12

In the past 10-20 years we've also been using motors (drills, winches) to drag lures (a dummy prey-like item) to simulate a chase.

Quote examples

1

Med school lures in the young with the prestige attached to the magic letters "M.

2

Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in his honeypot) but the term "honey trap" was spy terminology during the cold war for a trap that lures the target with sex, but that term is so removed I really don't associate it with this.

3

Use of the exploit in the wild is "attributed to Russia", but I can't see any evidence stated to support that other than "Many of the lures observed have been specific to the Ukrainian conflict with Russia and to broader geopolitical issues related to Russia." Is there actually good evidence to point the finger at Russia?

4

I can say that `class` is somewhat "dishonest" both the sense that it makes the language more complicated, under a guise of simplification; and in the sense that it lures developers from classical languages into thinking that JavaScript has classes in the same manner, when `class` in JS is just sugar.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lures in a sentence?

Maybe hooking up the coms is also possible, I'd like to stream the video feed of the cameras in the lures too.

What does lures mean?

A velvet smoothing brush.

What part of speech is lures?

lures is commonly used as noun, verb.