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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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Learn the meaning of bait as a noun and a verb in English, with examples of different contexts and expressions. Find out how to use bait in hunting, fishing, animal cruelty, and figurative language.
Learn the meaning of bait as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Bait can mean to harass, tease, entice, or use food or poison to attract animals or fish.
1. something edible, such as soft bread paste, worms, or pieces of meat, fixed to a hook or in a trap to attract fish or animals. 2. an enticement; temptation. 3. a variant spelling of bate 4.
to worry, torment, or persecute, especially with malicious remarks: a nasty habit of baiting defenseless subordinates. Synonyms: pester, heckle, badger. to tease: They love to bait him about his gaudy ties. to feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
Bait is a noun or verb that can mean food or other lure used to catch fish or animals, or an enticement, temptation, or provocation. Learn the different meanings, synonyms, and examples of bait from various sources and dictionaries.
Definitions of bait. 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.
a person or thing that is used to attract somebody in order to catch them or make them do what you want. The police used him as bait to trap the killers. He had chosen the right bait to persuade her to go. Definition of bait noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
