bait
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bait
n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {bait}, {come-
on}, {hook}, {lure}, {sweetener}]
2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so
they can be trapped or killed [syn: {bait}, {decoy}, {lure}]
v 1: 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" [syn: {tease}, {razz}, {rag}, {cod},
{tantalize}, {tantalise}, {bait}, {taunt}, {twit}, {rally},
{ride}]
2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait
3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. i.
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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Evil news rides post, while good news baits. --Milton.
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My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting
at Newmarket. --Evelyn.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), n. [Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin
to AS. b[=a]t food, Sw. bete. See {Bait}, v. t.]
1. 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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2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
--Fairfax.
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3. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a
journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
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4. A light or hasty luncheon.
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{Bait bug} (Zool.), a crustacean of the genus {Hippa} found
burrowing in sandy beaches. See {Anomura}.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baited}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Baiting}.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr.
Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[imac]ta.
[root]87. See {Bite}.]
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1. 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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2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses. --Holland.
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3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
--W. Irving.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "bait":
aggravate, allure, allurement, annoy, badger, bait the hook,
baited trap, be at, bedevil, beset, birdlime, bite, blandish, bola,
bother, bribe, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, cajole,
carrot, charm, chivy, coax, cobweb, come-on, decoy, decoy duck,
devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, dragnet, draw, draw in,
draw on, drawcard, drawing card, encouragement, endearment,
ensnare, entice, enticement, entrap, exasperate, exercise, fash,
fillip, fishhook, flirt, flirt with, fly, get, gill net,
give the come-on, gripe, ground bait, harass, harry, haze, heckle,
hector, hook, hound, incentive, incitement, inducement, interest,
inveigh, inveigle, inveiglement, invitation, irk, jig, lariat,
lasso, lead on, lime, lure, meshes, miff, molest, morsel, nag,
needle, net, nettle, noose, nudzh, offer bait to, payment, peeve,
percentage, persecute, persuasive, pester, pick on, piece, pique,
plague, pluck the beard, plug, pother, pound net, profit,
provocation, provoke, purse seine, push around, rag, reward, ride,
rile, roil, rope in, ruffle, seduce, seducement, seine, snare,
sniggle, spinner, springe, squid, stimulation, stimulative,
stimulus, suck in, sweetener, sweetening, tease, tempt, temptation,
toils, toll, torment, trap, trawl, try the patience,
tweak the nose, vex, whet, wobbler, woo, worry
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