People who go fishing aren’t the only ones to use bait. When you hold a yard sale, place your best stuff closest to the sidewalk to serve as bait. Bait can be anything from the worms that hide a hook to a stereo that tempts shoppers to stop and browse.
Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
Noun
something used to lure victims into danger
Noun
anything that serves as an enticement
Verb
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"
Verb
attack with dogs or set dogs upon
Verb
lure, entice, or entrap with bait
v. i.
Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other
animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
v. i.
Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
v. i.
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a
journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
v. i.
A light or hasty luncheon.
v. t.
To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
v. t.
To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses.
v. t.
To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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.
v. i.
To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover,
as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
Bait
Bait
A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm.
Bait
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting a Newmarket.
Bait
Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport;
To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
Usage Examples
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.
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Other Usage ExamplesWorldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
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