Past tense of lure
regular verb
The past tense of lure is lured. The past participle is also lured.
Forms of lure
| Base form (V1) | lure /lʊə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lured |
| Past participle (V3) | lured |
| Present participle | luring |
| Third person singular | lures |
Lured in a sentence
- Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research that lured you into academia in the first place!2014, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, What is the difference between a research professor and a professor?
- I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.From the entry treat
- Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.From the entry insidious
- The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.From the entry angler
- The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.From the entry seductress
Meaning of lure
- noun Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- noun An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- noun A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Questions about the past tense of lure
- What is the past tense of lure?
- The past tense of lure is lured.
- What is the past participle of lure?
- The past participle of lure is lured.
- Is lure a regular or irregular verb?
- Lure is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lure (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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