Bait
Definitions
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
- Something that lures or entices a specified group
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat
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A small meal taken mid-morning while farming. East-Anglia, countable, uncountable
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A miner's packed meal. Northern-England, countable, uncountable
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
Equivalents
Examples
“attach bait to a hook”
“catch⟳ a few using bait”
“One of the “girls” used in this way, Pamella Bordes, later spoke of being “part of an enormous group … used as sexual bait.””
“queerbait”
“sequel bait”
“Netflix bait”
“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 […]”
“Please⟳ stop⟳ posting bait, or I will have⟳ to mute you.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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