[ US /ˈbeɪt/ ]
[ UK /bˈe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. harass with persistent criticism or carping
    Don't ride me so hard over my failure
    His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
    The children teased the new teacher
  2. lure, entice, or entrap with bait
  3. attack with dogs or set dogs upon
NOUN
  1. anything that serves as an enticement
  2. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
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How To Use bait In A Sentence

  • Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.
  • He set a trap with himself as the bait. The English Civil War: A People's History
  • The muppet was then slid down to the eye of the hook so that it formed a skirt around the top of the squid bait.
  • River smallmouths bite any number of baits but show the most enthusiasm for hellgrammites, the larvae of dobsonflies. Rivers of Bronze
  • Manure worms (also called brandlings, red wigglers, or angleworms) and red worms live in organic debris and are the preferred types for commercial bait production and composting.
  • Wisconsin Deer Baiting and Wildlife Feeding Regulations [PDF 243KB] pamphlet provides the regulations that are in place for counties where deer baiting and feeding is banned, as well as the regulations that have been developed in the counties where deer baiting and feeding is allowed, but regulated. Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City
  • Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
  • We hope that potential investors will take the bait.
  • Light baiting with stringers was the order of the day, just to give the fish something to home in on.
  • I'm pretty sure some of my neighbors would still turn up for bear-baiting or a nice drawing and quartering if it were going on down at the town green. Where I work...
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