bait

[US]/beɪt/
[UK]/beɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (used for fishing, etc.) a substance used to attract fish, bait
vt. to place bait on, intentionally provoke

Phrases & Collocations

fishing bait

bait and switch

bait the trap

worms as bait

cut bait

live bait

Example Sentences

They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.

we shall bait at Inver inn.

dogs locate the bait by smell.

He used maggots as live bait.

I used a hook baited with fat.

Hecklers baited the speaker mercilessly.

As the fish snaps at the bait, it gets caught on the hook.

There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to a bait today.

she used the prospect of freedom as bait to trap him into talking.

we baited her and smoked her.

Baits: Crab, worm, Bass yabby, freshwater yabby, chicken.

A soldier baited a captured enemy by laughing at him.

the other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature.

he baited even his close companions until they were fit to kill him.

When people read the words ‘Free Gift’ on a magazine they usually swallow the bait and buy it.

I don't know what that fish was that took the bait just now.It could have been a marlin or a broadtail or a shark.

The boss told him“Quit wasting time!Fish or cut bait.

They left food and ammunition on the way—but would the enemy rise to so obvious a bait?

Bait with 40000 nematodes per plant killed 68.53%of black cutworm on average.

Real-world Examples

Says the woman that cannot be baited.

Source: Our Day Season 2

Oh! So the email is a bait!

Source: BBC Authentic English

Are you a queen or fish bait?

Source: Game of Thrones Season 6

First you put the bait onto the fishhook.

Source: Blue little koala

Oops, Penelope forgot to put some bait on the hook.

Source: Blue little koala

His baits were the sardines the boy had given him.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

But he doesn't see the clips as mere engagement bait.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

As a trap this is the perfect bait, it's working brilliantly.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

To bait me with this foul derision?

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Audio Version)

How could we be sure that Rob and Ralph would even swallow the bait?

Source: Deadly Women

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