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- Dictionarybait/beɪt/
noun
- 1. food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey: "herrings make excellent bait for pike" Similar
- 2. variant spelling of bate
verb
- 1. deliberately annoy or taunt (someone): "the other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature"
- 2. put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap, net, or fishing area) to entice fish or animals: "I used a hook baited with fat"
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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.
The meaning of BAIT is to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks : to try to make angry with criticism or insults. How to use bait in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bait.
To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something. Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure drivers into the restaurants and other facilities. Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
Bait definition: food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.. See examples of BAIT used in a sentence.
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 definition: 1. food that is used to try to attract fish or animals so that you can catch them 2. something that…. Learn more.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. baits. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals. American Heritage. Food, etc. put on a hook or trap to lure fish or animals. Webster's New World. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose. American Heritage. Anything used as a lure; enticement.
