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a small amount of food on a hook (= curved piece of wire) or in a special device used to attract and catch a fish or animal: They were digging up worms to use for bait. We put down some poisoned bait to kill the rats. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hunting & fishing. angler. angling. anti-hunter. anti-hunting. barb. fishing line.
1. a. : to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks. bait minority groups. : to try to make angry with criticism or insults. baiting a politician during a debate. : tease. 2. a. : to harass (a chained animal, such as a bear) with dogs usually for sport. b. : to attack by biting and tearing. dogs baiting a fox. 3. a.
verb [ T ] uk / beɪt / us. bait verb [T] (FISHING) to put food in or on something to try to catch fish or animals: a mouse trap baited with cheese. bait verb [T] (LAUGH) to try to make someone angry by laughing at them or criticizing them. (Definition of bait from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of bait
bait. [ beyt ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun. food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc. a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests. an allurement; enticement: Employees were lured with the bait of annual bonuses. an object for pulling molten or liquefied material, as glass, from a vat or the like by adhesion.
1. a. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals. b. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose. 2. An enticement, temptation, or provocation: He did not take the bait by responding to the taunt and getting drawn into an argument. v. bait·ed, bait·ing, baits. v.tr. 1.
bait something (with something) to place food on a hook, in a trap, etc. in order to attract or catch a fish or an animal. He baited the trap with a piece of meat. Want to learn more?
noun. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. synonyms: decoy, lure. see more. noun. anything that serves as an enticement. synonyms: come-on, hook, lure, sweetener. see more. verb. lure, entice, or entrap with bait. see more. verb. attack with dogs or set dogs upon. see more. verb.
a person or thing that is used to catch someone or to attract them, for example to make them do what you want He had chosen the right bait to persuade her to go. The police used him as bait to trap the killers. See bait in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bait.
Some common synonyms of bait are badger, chivy, heckle, hector, and hound. While all these words mean "to harass by efforts to break down," bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog.
1. variable noun. Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals. 2. verb. If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. He baited his hook with pie. [VERB noun + with] The boys dug pits and baited them. [VERB noun] ...baited lures.
