Bait
noun
Food used to attract fish or other animals so they can be caught.
He used worms as bait for fishing.
Often appears as...
- fishing bait
- use as bait
verb
To put food on a hook or trap to catch fish or animals.
He baited his hook with a piece of cheese.
Often appears as...
- bait the hook
- bait the trap
verb
To purposely annoy or provoke someone.
He's just saying that to bait you.
Often appears as...
- bait someone into
- bait the bull
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Food used to attract fish or other animals so they can be caught.
He used worms as bait for fishing.
Often appears as...
- fishing bait
- use as bait
verb
To put food on a hook or trap to catch fish or animals.
He baited his hook with a piece of cheese.
Often appears as...
- bait the hook
- bait the trap
verb
To purposely annoy or provoke someone.
He's just saying that to bait you.
Often appears as...
- bait someone into
- bait the bull
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Purpose of Bait
Understand bait is used with intent to catch, not to feed animals.
The bait in the trap is to catch the mice, not to feed them.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
Bait is also for luring people into situations, often deceptive ones.
The low prices were just bait to get customers in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Food
Bait doesn't have to be edible; it can be anything that attracts.
They used flashy advertisements as bait for new players.
Pro Tip 1/3Purpose of Bait
Understand bait is used with intent to catch, not to feed animals.
The bait in the trap is to catch the mice, not to feed them.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
Bait is also for luring people into situations, often deceptive ones.
The low prices were just bait to get customers in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Food
Bait doesn't have to be edible; it can be anything that attracts.
They used flashy advertisements as bait for new players.
Pro Tip 1/3Purpose of Bait
Understand bait is used with intent to catch, not to feed animals.
The bait in the trap is to catch the mice, not to feed them.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Usage
Bait is also for luring people into situations, often deceptive ones.
The low prices were just bait to get customers in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Food
Bait doesn't have to be edible; it can be anything that attracts.
They used flashy advertisements as bait for new players.
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Video examples
The weird, wonderful...
responses that we've elicited from animals in the deep sea so the camera is black and white it's not high resolution and what you're seeing here is a bait box with a bunch of like the cockroaches of the ocean they're isopods all over it and right in the front is the electronic jellyfish and when it starts flashing
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Misconceptions about...
have gone out to do much dog vaccinations we find out that if you tell the people in time even the dogs at Rome will be made available for vaccinations the problem with this notion is that you take away all the efforts that would be taken to mass dog vaccinations and put them into things like baiting
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Baiting Bears PIPE Alaska...
could be a bear where we're going right and so i just want to have protection for myself for that for the if we happen to have that encounter right now bear baiting is when hunters lay out food for bears and then wait for them to arrive
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Sylvia Earle: How to...
We're still killing bluefin tuna; truly endangered and much more valuable alive than dead. All of these parts are part of our life support system. We kill using long lines, with baited hooks every few feet
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Swimming with Sharks PIPE...
Dave's best offensive strategy keeping his toes on the board blessings my body in the water the last thing they got the show on dropping the bait in deep water
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Sailfish Are Master...
never wasting a fin stroke. Nearly 100 sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish. It's very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place.
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HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
attractant is bait Rex sodium it's a solid it's heavy we have to vacuum this solid out of the tanker truck otherwise there's no way to reach the narcotics
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
nearly a hundred sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish it's very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place
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It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
they were once relentlessly persecuted for sport dug out and baited by dogs now they're protected by law
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Orcas Let the Boats Hunt...
Concrete blocks take the bait down to 200 metres, because tuna swim very deep as well as fast.
Video examples
The weird, wonderful...
responses that we've elicited from animals in the deep sea so the camera is black and white it's not high resolution and what you're seeing here is a bait box with a bunch of like the cockroaches of the ocean they're isopods all over it and right in the front is the electronic jellyfish and when it starts flashing
Video examples
Misconceptions about...
have gone out to do much dog vaccinations we find out that if you tell the people in time even the dogs at Rome will be made available for vaccinations the problem with this notion is that you take away all the efforts that would be taken to mass dog vaccinations and put them into things like baiting
Video examples
Baiting Bears PIPE Alaska...
could be a bear where we're going right and so i just want to have protection for myself for that for the if we happen to have that encounter right now bear baiting is when hunters lay out food for bears and then wait for them to arrive
Video examples
Sylvia Earle: How to...
We're still killing bluefin tuna; truly endangered and much more valuable alive than dead. All of these parts are part of our life support system. We kill using long lines, with baited hooks every few feet
Video examples
Swimming with Sharks PIPE...
Dave's best offensive strategy keeping his toes on the board blessings my body in the water the last thing they got the show on dropping the bait in deep water
Video examples
Sailfish Are Master...
never wasting a fin stroke. Nearly 100 sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish. It's very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place.
Video examples
HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
attractant is bait Rex sodium it's a solid it's heavy we have to vacuum this solid out of the tanker truck otherwise there's no way to reach the narcotics
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
nearly a hundred sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish it's very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place
Video examples
It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
they were once relentlessly persecuted for sport dug out and baited by dogs now they're protected by law
Video examples
Orcas Let the Boats Hunt...
Concrete blocks take the bait down to 200 metres, because tuna swim very deep as well as fast.
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Benjamin Clementine
English Artist
Music is the reason I started talking to people. When I started singing in bars and trains, I began to learn the behaviour of people. Music was the bait that helped me get something from them and give myself to them.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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Sam Waterston
American Actor
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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Mike Tyson
American Boxer
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
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Frank Gorshin
American Actor
The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
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Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
Quote examples
Benjamin Clementine
English Artist
Music is the reason I started talking to people. When I started singing in bars and trains, I began to learn the behaviour of people. Music was the bait that helped me get something from them and give myself to them.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Quote examples
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
Quote examples
Sam Waterston
American Actor
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
Quote examples
Mark Twain
American Writer
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Quote examples
Mike Tyson
American Boxer
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Quote examples
Frank Gorshin
American Actor
The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
Quote examples
Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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