bait
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
sexuality
Etymology: From Middle English bayte, bait, beite, from Old Norse beita (“food, bait”), from Proto-Germanic *baitō (“that which is bitten, bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with German Beize (“mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade”), Old English bāt (“that which can be bitten, food, bait”). Related to bite.
Inflected forms:
form: baits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: b8
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: baits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: baiting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: baited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: baited
pos: verb
tags: past
form: b8
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: baiter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: baitest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: attach bait to a hook
catch a few using bait
gloss: Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One of the “girls” used in this way, Pamella Bordes, later spoke of being “part of an enormous group … used as sexual bait.”
gloss: Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: queerbait
sequel bait
Netflix bait
gloss: Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
vulgar
examples: somno bait
snuff bait
gloss: A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A short stop, but no refreshment. Such baits are frequently given by the natives of the principality to their keffels, or horses, particularly after climbing a hill.
The tediousness of a two hours' bait at Petty-France, in which there was nothing to be done but to eat without being hungry, and loiter about without any thing to see, next followed […]
gloss: A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: Durham
Geordie
countable
uncountable
gloss: A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: East-Anglia
countable
uncountable
gloss: A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: Northern-England
countable
uncountable
gloss: A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
uncountable
examples: Please stop posting bait, or I will have to mute you.
gloss: To attract with bait; to entice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a crooked pin […] baited with a vile earthworm
gloss: To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To target a pest species by laying baits.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Obvious; blatant.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
examples: I've been at home all day / Cloning £50 notes, this is sick / But it's a bit bait / Cause all the serial numbers are the same / So I can't spend them in the same place
gloss: Well-known; famous; renowned.
pos: adj
tags: Multicultural-London-English
examples: My face is bait, I can't hide it
Derived words: -bait
baitable
bait advertising
bait-and-switch
bait and switch
bait ball
bait bill
bait bills
bait boat
bait box
bait bug
bait car
baitcaster
baitcasting
bait-cord
bait dog
baitfish
baitholder
baithook
baiting
baitless
bait money
baitshop
bait up
baitware
baitwell
baitworm
baity
bear-bait
bearbait
bear bait
buzzard bait
buzzbait
clickbait
click-bait
click bait
crankbait
craybait
crowbait
cut bait
dickbait
fishbait
fish or cut bait
flame bait
flamebait
fuckbait
fujobait
gaybait
groundbait
jailbait
jail-bait
jail bait
jebait
ledger bait
link-bait
linkbait
link bait
nonbaited
Oscar bait
pedobait
pedobaiting
pogey bait
prebait
queerbait
race-bait
ragebait
rebait
redbait
red-bait
rise to the bait
scambait
sharebait
shark-bait
shark bait
spinnerbait
spoonbait
stinkbait
swimbait
take the bait
unbait
unbaited
unicorn bait
whitebait
YouTube bait
baitly
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: прима́мка
roman: primámka
lang: Bulgarian
word: изкуше́ние
roman: izkušénie
lang: Catalan
word: esquer
lang: Czech
word: návnada
lang: Czech
word: lákadlo
lang: Czech
word: vábnička
lang: Finnish
word: syötti
lang: French
word: leurre
lang: Galician
word: ensenrada
lang: Galician
word: engado
lang: Galician
word: besbello
lang: German
word: Köder
lang: German
word: Lockmittel
lang: Greek
word: δόλωμα
roman: dóloma
lang: Hindi
word: प्रलोभन
roman: pralobhan
lang: Hungarian
word: csalétek
lang: Hungarian
word: csali
lang: Italian
word: esca
lang: Japanese
word: 誘惑
roman: yūwaku
lang: Korean
word: 유혹
roman: yuhok
lang: Polish
word: przynęta
lang: Polish
word: wabik
lang: Portuguese
word: isca
lang: Portuguese
word: engodo
lang: Russian
word: прима́нка
roman: primánka
lang: Russian
word: искуше́ние
roman: iskušénije
lang: Russian
word: мано́к
roman: manók
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мамац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mamac
lang: Slovene
word: vaba
lang: Spanish
word: anzuelo
lang: Spanish
word: carnada
lang: Spanish
word: carnaza
lang: Spanish
word: añagaza
lang: Spanish
word: enza
lang: Swedish
word: lockbete
lang: Volapük
word: bätazib
lang: Welsh
word: abwyd
lang: Czech
word: svačina
lang: Finnish
word: eväs
lang: Finnish
word: eväät
lang: Finnish
word: matkaeväät
lang: Portuguese
word: farnel