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bait ¹  (bt)

n.

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; a temptation.

3. Archaic A stop for food or rest during a trip.

v. bait·ed, bait·ing, baits

v.tr.

1. To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook).

2. To entice, especially by trickery or strategy.

3. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.

4. To attack or torment, especially with persistent insults, criticism, or ridicule.

5. To tease.

6. To feed (an animal), especially on a journey.

v.intr. Archaic

To stop for food or rest during a trip.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse beita, food, fodder, fish bait. V., from Old Norse beita, to put animals to pasture, hunt with dogs; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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baiter n.

Usage Note: The word baited is sometimes incorrectly substituted for the etymologically correct but unfamiliar word bated ("abated; suspended") in the expression bated breath.

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bait ²  (bt)

v.

Variant of bate².

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bait¹

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) something edible, such as soft bread paste, worms, pieces of meat, etc., fixed to a hook or in a trap to attract fish or animals

2. an enticement; temptation

3. a variant spelling of bate⁴

4. Northern English dialect food, esp a packed lunch

5. Archaic a short stop for refreshment during a journey

vb

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (tr) to put a piece of food on or in (a hook or trap)

2. (tr) to persecute or tease

3. (tr) to entice; tempt

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (tr) to set dogs upon (a bear, etc.)

5. (tr) Archaic to feed (a horse), esp during a break in a journey

6. (intr) Archaic to stop for rest and refreshment during a journey

[from Old Norse beita to hunt, persecute; related to Old English bǣtan to restrain, hunt, Old High German beizen]

Usage: The phrase with bated breath is sometimes wrongly spelled with baited breath

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bait²

vb

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) a variant spelling of bate²

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bait - anything that serves as an enticement come-on, lure, sweetener, hook enticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
	2.	bait - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed decoy, lure chum - bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" fish lure, fisherman's lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers ground bait - bait scattered on the water to attract fish stool pigeon - a dummy pigeon used to decoy others trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
Verb	1.	bait - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, tease, cod, rag, rally, ride bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
	2.	bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait     entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
	3.	bait - attack with dogs or set dogs upon assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

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bait

noun

lure, attraction, incentive, carrot (informal), temptation, bribe, magnet, snare, inducement, decoy, carrot and stick, honeypot, enticement, allurement bait to attract audiences for advertisements

verb

tease, provoke, annoy, irritate, guy (informal), bother, needle (informal), plague (informal), mock, rag, rib (informal), wind up (Brit. slang), hound, torment, harass, ridicule, taunt, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, persecute, pester, goad, irk, bedevil, take the mickey out of (informal), take the piss out of (taboo slang), chaff, gibe, get on the nerves of (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), be on the back of (slang), piss you off (taboo slang), get in the hair of (informal), get or take a rise out of He delighted in baiting his mother.

Translations

bait [beɪt]

A. N (Fishing, Hunting) → cebo m (fig) → anzuelo m, cebo m
to rise to the bait he didn't rise to the bait → no picó
to swallow the bait (lit) → picar (fig) → morder el anzuelo, caer en la trampa

B. VT

1. [+ hook, trap] → cebar

2. (= torment) [+ person, animal] → atormentar

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bait [ˈbeɪt]

n

(lit) (for fish, animal) → appât m

(fig) → appât m
to use sb as bait
He used me as bait → Je lui ai servi d'appât.
to take the bait, to rise to the bait (British) → mordre à l'hameçon

vt

(lit) [+ trap, hook] → amorcer; [+ animal] → amorcer, appâter

(fig) (= needle, tease) [+ person] → provoquer

(= set dogs on) [+ bear, badger] → lâcher les chiens sur

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bait

n (lit, fig) → Köder m; to take or swallow the bait, to rise to the bait (lit, fig) → anbeißen; (fig: = be trapped) → sich ködern lassen

vt

hook, trap → mit einem Köder versehen, beködern

(= torment) animal → (mit Hunden) hetzen; person → quälen

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bait [beɪt]

1. n (also) (fig) → esca
he didn't rise to the bait (fig) → non ha abboccato (all'amo)

2. vt (hook) → innescare; (trap) → munire di esca; (torment, person, animal) → stuzzicare, tormentare

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bait [beɪt]

1. n (also) (fig) → esca
he didn't rise to the bait (fig) → non ha abboccato (all'amo)

2. vt (hook) → innescare; (trap) → munire di esca; (torment, person, animal) → stuzzicare, tormentare

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bait

n bait [beit]

food used to attract fish, animals etc which one wishes to catch, kill etc Before he went fishing he dug up some worms for bait. aas طُعْم لِصَيْدِ السَّمَك стръв návnada madding; agn; lokkemad der Köder δόλωμα cebo, carnada, carnaza sööt طعمه syötti appât פִּתָיוֹן @@@פִּיתָיוֹן$$$ चारा mamac csalétek umpan beita esca えさ 미끼 jaukas ēsma umpan lokaas agn, lokkemat przynęta isca momeală наживка; приманка návnada vaba mamac agn, bete เหยื่อ yem, olta veya kapan yemi 誘餌 наживка; принада پھانسنے کے لئے ڈالا ہوا چارہ mồi 饵料

v

to put bait on or in (a hook, trap etc) He baited the mousetrap with cheese. aas aanbring يَضَعُ الطُّعم على залагам стръв nasadit návnadu sætte madding på mit einem Köder verschen βάζω δόλωμα poner el cebo sööta panema طعمه گذاشتن asettaa syötti appâter לְהַנִיח פִּיתָיוֹן चारा रखना namamiti csalétket tesz umpan beita munire di esca えさをつける 미끼를 달다 padėti jauką uzlikt ēsmu bubuh umpan van lokaas voorzien sette agn på, sette ut lokkemat założyć przynętę pôr isca a momi насаживать наживку nastaviť návnadu nastaviti (za) vabo staviti mamac agna, sätta ut bete ใส่เหยื่อตกปลา yem vermek, yemlemek 將誘餌放在(魚鉤上、陷阱內) насаджувати наживку; класти принаду پھانسنے کے لئے چارہ ڈالنا mắc mồi 装饵于