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[beɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey
(e.g: herrings make excellent bait for pike)
Phrases:
- fish or cut bait
- rise to the bait
- with baited breath
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse beit ‘pasture, food’, beita ‘to hunt or chase’
[beɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- deliberately annoy or taunt (someone)
(e.g: the other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature)
- put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap, net, or fishing area) to entice fish or animals
(e.g: I used a hook baited with fat)
Phrases:
- fish or cut bait
- rise to the bait
- with baited breath
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse beit ‘pasture, food’, beita ‘to hunt or chase’
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