transcription, транскрипция: [ beɪt ]
( baits, baiting, baited)
1.
Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
N-VAR
2.
If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it.
He baited his hook with pie...
The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.
VERB : V n with n , V n
3.
To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something.
Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities...
Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
N-UNCOUNT : also a N
4.
If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them.
He delighted in baiting his mother.
= needle
VERB : V n
5.
If you take the bait , you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don’t take the bait...
PHRASE : V inflects