BAIT
\bˈe͡ɪt], \bˈeɪt], \b_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of BAIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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lure, entice, or entrap with bait
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something used to lure victims into danger
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anything that serves as an enticement
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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"
By Princeton University
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lure, entice, or entrap with bait
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something used to lure victims into danger
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anything that serves as an enticement
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
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Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
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A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
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A light or hasty luncheon.
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To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
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To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
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To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
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To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
By Oddity Software
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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
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Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
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A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
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A light or hasty luncheon.
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To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
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To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
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To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
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To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
By Noah Webster.
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Any substance used to entice fish or other animals in order to catch them; temptation.
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To provoke, as an animal, by the setting on of dogs for sport; to worry by biting; to torment; annoy persistently; to prepare, as a hook, trap, or snare, by covering with food; to feed (an animal).
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Food put on a hook to allure fish or make them bite: any allurement: a refreshment taken on a journey.
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To set food as a lure: to give refreshment on a journey.
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To take refreshment on a journey.
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To provoke an animal by inciting dogs to bite it: to harass.
By Daniel Lyons
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Food put on a hook to entice fish; allurement; slight repast.
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To fix a bait; allure by a bait; give food to.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put a bait on or in.
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To feed while resting.
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To torment, as by setting dogs upon; harass; worry.
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To stop for rest and refreshment.
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Anything used to allure a fish or other animal.
By James Champlin Fernald
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