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Meaning bait meaning

What does bait mean?
Definitions in simple English

bait Noun

— Bait is food placed on a hook to catch fish or other animals

bait

— noun anything that serves as an enticement — verb (= tease, razz, ride) 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 — verb attack with dogs or set dogs upon — verb lure, entice, or entrap with bait — noun (= lure) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

Synonyms bait synonyms

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bait English » English

lure decoy enticement allurement entice temptation inducement attraction tempt tease food attract allure tantalize tantalise hook twit trap torment taunt sweetener seduction seduce ride razz rally rag hound hector heckle feed come-on cod beleaguer badger worry wile torture teaser stool pigeon steerer sop snare scourge rib rack prey on plague pester obsess

Topics bait topics

What do people use bait to talk about?
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fishing equipment
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fish with hooks

Conjugation bait conjugation

How do you conjugate bait?

bait · verb

Examples bait examples

How do I use bait in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He avoided the bait.
Once you've caught the fish, you no longer need the bait.
He didn't take the bait.
Tom put bait on the hook.
Without bait, it'll be hard to catch any fish.
It's hard to catch fish without bait.
Never bait me with a smile.
He taunted me, but I didn't take the bait.
Tom took the bait.
I am not going to take the bait.
She didn't take the bait.
Tom didn't take the bait.
I put bait on the hook.
I think it's time for me to put new bait on the hook.
Don't take the bait.
What are you using for bait?

Movie subtitles

Mr. Holmes swallowed the bait, you see.
You mean you're going to use me as a bait?
They know how chop bait.
What you know about boats when you cannot even chop bait?
Bait them snug, boys, bait them for home and mother.
Bait your hook.
You bait just like you row boat. Here.
I put some knots in it and took a lot of bait off the hooks.
What we need is bait. And bait I have: Pierrot.
It's about that letter from Pierrot's mother. I took it to Ayesha, not knowing it was police bait.
That won't be the only bait, with the Lady Marian presenting the arrow herself.
We'll use him as bait for a trap.
Big bait catches big rats!
There's fish there, all right, but they're making jokes about the bait.
Well, we've got to have bait.
We've got to have bait.
Not yet on your hook, but rising to the bait.
You're just bait.
That's what you are, bait.
You bait just like you row boat.
He's no dumber than you are. What we need is bait.
I took it to Ayesha, not knowing it was police bait.
I may be live bait down there, but I'm with ya.
And without any bait.
Now, if he snaps at our bait, that's where you come in.
You were clicking beautifully until we released Paul and used the accidental death of the jockey for bait.
All those kids, thousands of them, nothing but bait for Nazi submarines.
Did you get the bait?
Can't you put bait on like that, Captain?
You know that I won't bite the bait.
Yes, but I can use it as bait. Offer a reward for the original.
Oh, yes- the bait for your filthy little trap.

News and current affairs

Impaling live bait on hooks is a common commercial practice: long-line fishing, for example, uses hundreds or even thousands of hooks on a single line that may be 50-100 kilometers long.
When fish take the bait, they are likely to remain caught for many hours before the line is hauled in.
This does not include billions of fish caught illegally nor unwanted fish accidentally caught and discarded, nor does it count fish impaled on hooks as bait.
Understandably fixated on balance-sheet repair, US consumers have not taken the bait from their monetary and fiscal authorities.
Once I saw a man take a small fish out of a bucket and impale it, still wriggling, on an empty hook to use as bait.
National movements driven by a historical mission or an uncompromising quest to assert group identity against a dominant power normally do not succumb to economic considerations and last-minute economic bait.

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