groundbait

(ˈɡraʊndˌbeɪt) angling

(Angling) bait, such as scraps of bread, maggots, etc, thrown into an area of water to attract fish. See chum²

(Angling) (tr) to prepare (an area of water) with groundbait

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groundbait

Past participle: groundbaited
Gerund: groundbaiting

Imperative
groundbait
groundbait

Present
I groundbait
you groundbait
he/she/it groundbaits
we groundbait
you groundbait
they groundbait

Preterite
I groundbaited
you groundbaited
he/she/it groundbaited
we groundbaited
you groundbaited
they groundbaited

Present Continuous
I am groundbaiting
you are groundbaiting
he/she/it is groundbaiting
we are groundbaiting
you are groundbaiting
they are groundbaiting

Present Perfect
I have groundbaited
you have groundbaited
he/she/it has groundbaited
we have groundbaited
you have groundbaited
they have groundbaited

Past Continuous
I was groundbaiting
you were groundbaiting
he/she/it was groundbaiting
we were groundbaiting
you were groundbaiting
they were groundbaiting

Past Perfect
I had groundbaited
you had groundbaited
he/she/it had groundbaited
we had groundbaited
you had groundbaited
they had groundbaited

Future
I will groundbait
you will groundbait
he/she/it will groundbait
we will groundbait
you will groundbait
they will groundbait

Future Perfect
I will have groundbaited
you will have groundbaited
he/she/it will have groundbaited
we will have groundbaited
you will have groundbaited
they will have groundbaited

Future Continuous
I will be groundbaiting
you will be groundbaiting
he/she/it will be groundbaiting
we will be groundbaiting
you will be groundbaiting
they will be groundbaiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been groundbaiting
you have been groundbaiting
he/she/it has been groundbaiting
we have been groundbaiting
you have been groundbaiting
they have been groundbaiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been groundbaiting
you will have been groundbaiting
he/she/it will have been groundbaiting
we will have been groundbaiting
you will have been groundbaiting
they will have been groundbaiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been groundbaiting
you had been groundbaiting
he/she/it had been groundbaiting
we had been groundbaiting
you had been groundbaiting
they had been groundbaiting

Conditional
I would groundbait
you would groundbait
he/she/it would groundbait
we would groundbait
you would groundbait
they would groundbait

Past Conditional
I would have groundbaited
you would have groundbaited
he/she/it would have groundbaited
we would have groundbaited
you would have groundbaited
they would have groundbaited

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Translations

groundbait

[ˈgraʊndˌbeɪt] N → cebo m de fondo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

groundbait

[ˈgraʊndbeɪt] n → amorce fground beef n (US) → bœuf m haché

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