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bait 1
(bāt)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, 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. To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook).
2. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy: He baited me into selling him my bike by saying how much I deserved a better one.
3. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.
4. To taunt or torment (someone), as with persistent insults or ridicule: "He baited him mercilessly and had all sorts of unpleasant names for him" (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala).
5. To feed (an animal), especially on a journey.
v.intr. Archaic
To stop for food or rest during a trip.
[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.]
bait′er 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.
bait 2
(bāt)v.
Variant of bate 2.
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bait
(beɪt)n
1. (Angling) 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
4. dialect Northern English food, esp a packed lunch
5. archaic a short stop for refreshment during a journey
vb
6. (Hunting) (tr) to put a piece of food on or in (a hook or trap)
7. (tr) to persecute or tease
8. (tr) to entice; tempt
9. (Hunting) (tr) to set dogs upon (a bear, etc)
10. (tr) archaic to feed (a horse), esp during a break in a journey
11. (intr) archaic to stop for rest and refreshment during a journey
[C13: 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
bait
(beɪt)vb
(Falconry) a variant spelling of bate 2
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bait
(beɪt)n.
1. food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
2. a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests.
3. an allurement; enticement.
v.t. 4. to prepare (a hook or trap) with bait.
5. to lure, as with bait.
6. to set dogs upon (an animal) for sport.
7. to torment, esp. with malicious remarks; harass.
8. to tease.
9. to feed and water (an animal) during a journey.
v.i. Archaic. 10. to stop for food or refreshment during a journey.
[1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse, probably reflecting both beita to pasture, hunt, chase with dogs or hawks (ultimately causative of bīta to bite) and beita fish bait]
bait′er, n.
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bait
Past participle: baited
Gerund: baiting
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| bait |
| bait |
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| I bait |
| you bait |
| he/she/it baits |
| we bait |
| you bait |
| they bait |
| Preterite |
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| I baited |
| you baited |
| he/she/it baited |
| we baited |
| you baited |
| they baited |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am baiting |
| you are baiting |
| he/she/it is baiting |
| we are baiting |
| you are baiting |
| they are baiting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have baited |
| you have baited |
| he/she/it has baited |
| we have baited |
| you have baited |
| they have baited |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was baiting |
| you were baiting |
| he/she/it was baiting |
| we were baiting |
| you were baiting |
| they were baiting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had baited |
| you had baited |
| he/she/it had baited |
| we had baited |
| you had baited |
| they had baited |
| Future |
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| I will bait |
| you will bait |
| he/she/it will bait |
| we will bait |
| you will bait |
| they will bait |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have baited |
| you will have baited |
| he/she/it will have baited |
| we will have baited |
| you will have baited |
| they will have baited |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be baiting |
| you will be baiting |
| he/she/it will be baiting |
| we will be baiting |
| you will be baiting |
| they will be baiting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been baiting |
| you have been baiting |
| he/she/it has been baiting |
| we have been baiting |
| you have been baiting |
| they have been baiting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been baiting |
| you will have been baiting |
| he/she/it will have been baiting |
| we will have been baiting |
| you will have been baiting |
| they will have been baiting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been baiting |
| you had been baiting |
| he/she/it had been baiting |
| we had been baiting |
| you had been baiting |
| they had been baiting |
| Conditional |
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| I would bait |
| you would bait |
| he/she/it would bait |
| we would bait |
| you would bait |
| they would bait |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have baited |
| you would have baited |
| he/she/it would have baited |
| we would have baited |
| you would have baited |
| they would have baited |
bait
Past participle: baited
Gerund: baiting
| Imperative |
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| bait |
| bait |
| Present |
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| I bait |
| you bait |
| he/she/it baits |
| we bait |
| you bait |
| they bait |
| Preterite |
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| I baited |
| you baited |
| he/she/it baited |
| we baited |
| you baited |
| they baited |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am baiting |
| you are baiting |
| he/she/it is baiting |
| we are baiting |
| you are baiting |
| they are baiting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have baited |
| you have baited |
| he/she/it has baited |
| we have baited |
| you have baited |
| they have baited |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was baiting |
| you were baiting |
| he/she/it was baiting |
| we were baiting |
| you were baiting |
| they were baiting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had baited |
| you had baited |
| he/she/it had baited |
| we had baited |
| you had baited |
| they had baited |
| Future |
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| I will bait |
| you will bait |
| he/she/it will bait |
| we will bait |
| you will bait |
| they will bait |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have baited |
| you will have baited |
| he/she/it will have baited |
| we will have baited |
| you will have baited |
| they will have baited |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be baiting |
| you will be baiting |
| he/she/it will be baiting |
| we will be baiting |
| you will be baiting |
| they will be baiting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been baiting |
| you have been baiting |
| he/she/it has been baiting |
| we have been baiting |
| you have been baiting |
| they have been baiting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been baiting |
| you will have been baiting |
| he/she/it will have been baiting |
| we will have been baiting |
| you will have been baiting |
| they will have been baiting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been baiting |
| you had been baiting |
| he/she/it had been baiting |
| we had been baiting |
| you had been baiting |
| they had been baiting |
| Conditional |
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| I would bait |
| you would bait |
| he/she/it would bait |
| we would bait |
| you would bait |
| they would bait |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have baited |
| you would have baited |
| he/she/it would have baited |
| we would have baited |
| you would have baited |
| they would have baited |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. [画像:bait - anything that serves as an enticement]bait - anything that serves as an enticement
enticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
2. [画像:bait - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed]bait - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
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. [画像:bait - harass with persistent criticism or carping]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"
2. [画像:bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait]bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait
3. bait - attack with dogs or set dogs upon
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bait
noun
1. lure, attraction, incentive, carrot (informal), temptation, bribe, magnet, snare, inducement, decoy, carrot and stick, honeypot, enticement, allurement bait to attract audiences for advertisements
verb
1. 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.
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bait
noun1. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward:
1. To torment with persistent insult or ridicule:
Idiom: wave the red flag in front of the bull.
2. To disturb by repeated attacks:
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Translations
طُعْم لِصَيْدِ السَّمَكيَضَعُ الطُّعم على
esquer
návnadanasadit návnadu
agnlokkemadmadding
csalétket tesz
beita
餌
먹이미끼
jaukaspadėti jauką
ēsmauzlikt ēsmu
nastaviť návnadu
vaba
olta veya kapan yemiyem yem vermekyemlemek
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
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
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
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
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bait
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bait
[beɪt]2. vt (hook) → innescare ; (trap) → munire di esca ; (torment, person, animal) → stuzzicare, tormentare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bait
(beit) noun 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 isca návnada der Köder madding; agn; lokkemad δόλωμα cebo, carnada, carnaza sööt طعمه syötti appât פתיון, פיתיון चारा mamac csalétek umpan beita esca えさ 미끼 jaukas ēsma umpan lokaas agn, lokkemat przynęta شومه (چه په ښكار كې استعماليږى لكه دكپ په نيولو كى غو ښه، چينجى چه په جنګ پيول كيږى)، طعمه 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
verb to put bait on or in (a hook, trap etc). He baited the mousetrap with cheese. aas aanbring يَضَعُ الطُّعم على залагам стръв pôr isca nasadit návnadu mit einem Köder verschen sætte madding på 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 شومه وركول، په شومه غولول په تمه كول، لار ترى وركول (لكه سپى چه ګيدړ پسې واخلي) ګيرول، چاپېرول، وار خطا كول 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...
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