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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.
something that is said or offered to people in order to make them react in a particular way: Free holidays were offered as bait to customers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. take the bait. bait. verb [ T ]
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.
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.
something that you use to persuade someone to do something. bait. 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.
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.
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. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. See bait in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bait.
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.
: to put a piece of food on (a hook) or in (a trap) in order to attract and catch fish or animals. She baited the mousetraps with pieces of cheese. = She used cheese to bait the traps. baiting hooks with live worms. a baited hook/trap. 2. : to try to make (someone) angry by using criticism or insults.
