āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to bait
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āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to provoke or tease someone persistently with criticism or mocking remarks
Transitive: to bait sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She often baits her siblings with teasing remarks.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to deliberately torment or harass a trapped or restrained animal, often by letting dogs attack it
Transitive: to bait an animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It was cruel to bait the bear by allowing dogs to chase it.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to place food or other attractants on a hook, trap, or net to lure fish or animals as prey
Transitive: to bait a trap or hook with food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The trap was baited with cheese to lure the mouse inside.
āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻĻā§ āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĒ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨
anything that serves as an enticement
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āĻā§āĻĒ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻĻ
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
01
obvious, conspicuous, or too noticeable
Dialect
British
BritishSlang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He got caught red-handed, it was so bait.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
baiting
bait
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
