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Add to word list. [ U ] a small amount of food on a hook (= curved piece of wire) or in a special device used to attract and catch a fish or animal: They were digging up worms to use for bait. We put down some poisoned bait to kill the rats. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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. (Definition of bait from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of bait. in Chinese (Traditional) 魚／動物, 餌, 提供… See more.
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.
5 days ago · Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals. Vivien refuses to put down bait to tempt wildlife to the waterhole. 2. transitive verb. If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. He baited his hook with pie. The boys dug pits and baited them. 3. uncountable noun [also a N]
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. Definition of bait noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
verb. /beɪt/ Verb Forms. bait something (with something) to place food on a hook, in a trap, etc. in order to attract or catch a fish or an animal. He baited the trap with a piece of meat. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.
Definitions of bait. noun. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. synonyms: decoy, lure. see more. noun. anything that serves as an enticement. synonyms: come-on, hook, lure, sweetener. see more. verb. lure, entice, or entrap with bait. see more. verb. attack with dogs or set dogs upon. see more.
