B0031200 (bāt)n.1. a. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.b. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose.2. An enticement, temptation, or provocation: He did not take the bait by responding to the taunt and getting drawn into an argument.v.bait·ed, bait·ing, baitsv.tr.1. To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook).2. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy: He baited me into selling him my bike by saying how much I deserved a better one.3. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.4. To taunt or torment (someone), as with persistent insults or ridicule: "He baited him mercilessly and had all sorts of unpleasant names for him"(Ruth Prawer Jhabvala).5. To feed (an animal), especially on a journey.v.intr.Archaic To stop for food or rest during a trip.[Middle English, from Old Norse beita, food, fodder, fish bait. V., from Old Norse beita, to put animals to pasture, hunt with dogs; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]bait′er n.Usage Note: The word baited is sometimes incorrectly substituted for the etymologically correct but unfamiliar word bated ("abated; suspended") in the expression bated breath.
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B0031200 (bāt)v. Variant of bate2.
bait
(beɪt) n1. (Angling) something edible, such as soft bread paste, worms, or pieces of meat, fixed to a hook or in a trap to attract fish or animals2. an enticement; temptation3. a variant spelling of bate44. dialectNorthern English food, esp a packed lunch5. archaic a short stop for refreshment during a journeyvb6. (Hunting) (tr) to put a piece of food on or in (a hook or trap)7. (tr) to persecute or tease8. (tr) to entice; tempt9. (Hunting) (tr) to set dogs upon (a bear, etc)10. (tr) archaic to feed (a horse), esp during a break in a journey11. (intr) archaic to stop for rest and refreshment during a journey[C13: from Old Norse beita to hunt, persecute; related to Old English bǣtan to restrain, hunt, Old High German beizen]Usage: The phrase with bated breath is sometimes wrongly spelled with baited breath
bait
(beɪt) vb (Falconry) a variant spelling of bate2
bait
(beɪt) n. 1. food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc. 2. a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests. 3. an allurement; enticement. v.t. 4. to prepare (a hook or trap) with bait. 5. to lure, as with bait. 6. to set dogs upon (an animal) for sport. 7. to torment, esp. with malicious remarks; harass. 8. to tease. 9. to feed and water (an animal) during a journey. v.i. Archaic. 10. to stop for food or refreshment during a journey. [1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse, probably reflecting both beita to pasture, hunt, chase with dogs or hawks (ultimately causative of bīta to bite) and beita fish bait]bait′er,n.
bait
Past participle: baited Gerund: baiting
Imperative
bait
bait
Present
I bait
you bait
he/she/it baits
we bait
you bait
they bait
Preterite
I baited
you baited
he/she/it baited
we baited
you baited
they baited
Present Continuous
I am baiting
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you are baiting
they are baiting
Present Perfect
I have baited
you have baited
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you have baited
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Past Continuous
I was baiting
you were baiting
he/she/it was baiting
we were baiting
you were baiting
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Past Perfect
I had baited
you had baited
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we had baited
you had baited
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Future
I will bait
you will bait
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you will bait
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Future Perfect
I will have baited
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Future Continuous
I will be baiting
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been baiting
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been baiting
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been baiting
you had been baiting
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we had been baiting
you had been baiting
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Conditional
I would bait
you would bait
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we would bait
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Past Conditional
I would have baited
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bait
Past participle: baited Gerund: baiting
Imperative
bait
bait
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I bait
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we bait
you bait
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Preterite
I baited
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you baited
they baited
Present Continuous
I am baiting
you are baiting
he/she/it is baiting
we are baiting
you are baiting
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Present Perfect
I have baited
you have baited
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we have baited
you have baited
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Past Continuous
I was baiting
you were baiting
he/she/it was baiting
we were baiting
you were baiting
they were baiting
Past Perfect
I had baited
you had baited
he/she/it had baited
we had baited
you had baited
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Future
I will bait
you will bait
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I will have baited
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we will have baited
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Future Continuous
I will be baiting
you will be baiting
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been baiting
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been baiting
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been baiting
you had been baiting
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we had been baiting
you had been baiting
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Conditional
I would bait
you would bait
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you would bait
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Past Conditional
I would have baited
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Thesaurus
Noun
1.
bait - anything that serves as an enticementcome-on, lure, sweetener, hookenticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
2.
bait - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killeddecoy, lurechum - bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fishdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"fish lure, fisherman's lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathersground bait - bait scattered on the water to attract fishstool pigeon - a dummy pigeon used to decoy otherstrap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
Verb
1.
bait - 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"razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, tease, cod, rag, rally, ridebemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
2.
bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
3.
bait - attack with dogs or set dogs uponassail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
bait
noun1.lure, attraction, incentive, carrot (informal), temptation, bribe, magnet, snare, inducement, decoy, carrot and stick, honeypot, enticement, allurementbait to attract audiences for advertisementsverb1.tease, provoke, annoy, irritate, guy (informal), bother, needle (informal), plague (informal), mock, rag, rib (informal), wind up (Brit. slang), hound, torment, harass, ridicule, taunt, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, persecute, pester, goad, irk, bedevil, take the mickey out of (informal), take the piss out of (taboo slang), chaff, gibe, get on the nerves of (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), be on the back of(slang), piss you off (taboo slang), get in the hair of(informal), get or take a rise out ofHe delighted in baiting his mother.
bait
noun1. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward:allurement, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction, temptation.2. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult:lure, snare, trap.verb1. To torment with persistent insult or ridicule:badger, bullyrag, heckle, hector, hound, taunt.Informal: needle, ride.Idiom: wave the red flag in front of the bull.2. To disturb by repeated attacks:annoy, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry.3. To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach:tantalize, tease.Translations装饵于…饵料
bait
(beit) noun food used to attract fish, animals etc which one wishes to catch, kill etc. Before he went fishing he dug up some worms for bait. 誘餌 饵料 verb to put bait on or in (a hook, trap etc). He baited the mousetrap with cheese. 將誘餌放在(魚鉤上、陷阱內) 装饵于…
bait
cut bait
1. To give up on something. Taken from the phrase "fish or cut bait," meaning to either work productively or else stand aside. After three years of hating medical school, Sean decided it was time to cut bait and try something different.2. Literally, to cut fish into small pieces to be used as bait. These days, bait is mostly processed in a factory, but I still like to cut bait myself when I'm out fishing.See also: bait, cut
shark bait
1. slang A person swimming or surfing alone in the ocean. We sat on the beach with our drinks, watching the foolish shark bait going into the water alone for an evening swim.2. (Hawaii slang) A very pale beachgoer, especially a tourist. (Supposedly because pale skin is attractive to sharks.) We don't hang out in this part of town too often in the summer, as it gets overwhelmed with shark bait this time of year.3. A particularly naïve or gullible person who is an ideal target for a scam, graft, or con. He'd been in the game of scamming people for so long that he could spot shark bait from a mile away.Don't you dare wear that fanny pack out in town. We'll look like shark bait to the locals!See also: bait, shark
jailbait
Someone who is attractive but younger than the legal age of consent. I'd stay away from jailbait like her unless you want to spend your future days in a cell!
bait and switch
1. A deceptive sales practice in which a store attracts customers by advertising low prices for products that are not available or are of poor quality, so that customers buy more expensive items instead. A: "Why did you buy such an expensive blender? What happened to the one that was on sale?" B: "That one is sold out and won't be available for months—the store pulled a real bait and switch."2. Any deceptive practice in which the information initially presented is found to be untrue. I thought my favorite band was playing at this club tonight, but it turned out to be a bait and switch—it's just a cover band.See also: and, bait, switch
clickbait
Online articles (especially on social media sites) that use provocative or intriguing headlines (often in combination with images) to drive traffic to the source. I wouldn't put too much faith in that article about "the one food no one should ever eat"—it's probably just clickbait.
crow bait
Someone or something that is near death, often an animal. That old horse can barely walk around the farm these days—he's just crow bait now.See also: bait, crow
swallow the bait
To respond to someone's actions or words in the way that they intended. Likened to a fish attempting to eat the bait on a hook. That's just what he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.The undercover officer changed the conversation to the recent burglary, hoping the thief would swallow the bait and confess.See also: bait, swallow
take the bait
To respond to someone's actions or words in the way that they intended. Likened to a fish attempting to eat the bait on a hook. That's just what he wants you to do. Don't take the bait.The undercover officer changed the conversation to the recent burglary, hoping the thief would take the bait and confess.See also: bait, take
fish or cut bait
Either commit to doing something productive or step aside and stop wasting time. Are you going to go back to medical school or not? It's time to fish or cut bait.See also: bait, cut, fish
rise to the bait
To respond to someone's provoking actions or words in the way that they intended. Likened to a fish attempting to eat the bait on a hook. That's just what he wants you to do. Don't rise to the bait.The undercover officer changed the conversation to the recent burglary, hoping the thief would rise to the bait and confess.Promise John some free drinks, and he'll rise to the bait every time.See also: bait, rise
with bated breath
Eagerly. The phrase suggests that one is breathing shallowly in anticipation of something. I've been waiting with bated breath to hear back from my first-choice school.See also: breath
get (one's) bait back
To make nearly enough money to offset what one has spent on some endeavor. Primarily heard in US. When you first start a business, it takes awhile before you get your bait back, unfortunately.See also: back, bait, get
bait and switch
Fig. a deceptive merchandising practice where one product is advertised at a low price to get people's attention [the bait], but pressure is applied to get the customer to purchase a more expensive item. Walter described how the store used bait and switch, since they never seemed to have in stock the bargains that they advertised.Wilbur accused the merchant of bait and switch practices and stalked out of the store.See also: and, bait, switch
crow bait
Rur. someone or an animal that is likely to die; a useless animal or person. That old dog used to hunt good, but now he's just crow bait.See also: bait, crow
Fish or cut bait.
Fig. Do something or get out of the way. Fish or cut bait, Chuck. There's work to be done here.Decide whether you're going to watch or help. Fish or cut bait.See also: bait, cut, fish
jump at someone or something
to jump in the direction of someone or something. The frog jumped at me, but I dodged it.The cat jumped at the leaf as it fell from the tree.See also: jump
jump at something
Fig. to seize the opportunity to do something. (See also (to do something)">leap at the opportunity (to do something).) When I heard about John's chance to go to England, I knew he'd jump at it.If something you really want to do comes your way, jump at it.See also: jump
rise to the bait
Fig. to respond to an allurement; to fall for an enticement or fall into a trap. (Alludes to a fish coming up from deep water to seize bait.) You can get him here easily. Tell him that there will be lots of food and he will rise to the bait. He rose to the bait and did just as he was expected to do.See also: bait, rise
with bated breath
Cliché while holding one's breath. We stood there with bated breath while the man hung on the side of the bridge. They listened with bated breath for the announcement about the winner.See also: breath
bait and switch
A deceptive commercial practice in which customers are induced to visit a store by an advertised sale item and then are told that it is out of stock or that it is far inferior to some more expensive item. For example, I won't buy a car from this outfit; they're notorious for their bait and switch tactics. The verb to bait has meant to supply a hook or trap with a morsel of food so as to attract a fish or animal since about 1300; the verb to switch has meant to change, alter, or transfer from one thing to another since the 1890s. The pairing of the two, however, dates only from the 1920s, although the practice is surely much older. It is called switch-selling in Britain. See also: and, bait, switch
fish or cut bait
Either proceed with an activity or abandon it completely. For example, You've been putting off calling him for hours; either fish or cut bait. This expression, often uttered as an imperative, alludes to a fisherman who should either be actively trying to catch fish or cutting up bait for others to use. It was first recorded in the Congressional Record (1876), when Congressman Joseph P. Cannon called for a vote on a bill legalizing the silver dollar: "I want you gentlemen on the other side of the House to 'fish or cut bait.'" A vulgar synonym from the 1940s is shit or get off the pot. See also: bait, cut, fish
jump at
Also, jump at the chance; jump at the bait. Take prompt advantage of, respond quickly to an opportunity. For example, When Dad said he'd help pay for my vacation, I jumped at the offer, or When the lead singer became ill, Sheila jumped at the chance to replace her, or They offered a large reward, hoping that someone would jump at the bait. [Mid-1700s] See also: jump
rise to the bait
Be tempted by or react to an enticement, as in We told him there'd be lots of single young women at the party, and he rose to the bait . Likening a fish rising to bait to human behavior dates from the late 1500s. See also: bait, rise
with bated breath
Eagerly or anxiously, as in We waited for the announcement of the winner with bated breath. This expression literally means "holding one's breath" ( bate means "restrain"). Today it is also used somewhat ironically, indicating one is not all that eager or anxious. [Late 1500s] Also see hold one's breath, def. 2. See also: breath
bait and switch
AMERICANBait and switch is a method of attracting customers by making a good offer, but then the customer is sold something of lower quality. The live performances were not shown often, and no doubt some viewers considered it a bait and switch.The bar really sells 11 dishes for the advertised price at lunch. There's no bait and switch here.See also: and, bait, switch
fish or cut bait
AMERICANIf you tell someone to fish or cut bait, you mean they should stop wasting time and make a decision to do something. Morale was low after seven weeks without progress — the time had come to fish or cut bait. Note: The literal meaning behind this expression seems to be that it is time for someone to make a definite decision either to start fishing, or else to prepare the bait so that other people can fish. See also: bait, cut, fish
rise to the bait
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take the bait
If you rise to the bait or take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done in exactly the way that they wanted you to react. Adrina tried to provoke me, but I refused to rise to the bait.Julia told him that she had fallen off a horse as a child and lost her confidence. Hewitt immediately took the bait, offering to teach her to ride. Note: In fly-fishing, the fish rise to the surface of the water to take the bait, and so they get caught. See also: bait, rise
with bated breath
COMMON If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait in an anxious or excited way to see what happens next. Flora and I waited with bated breath to hear what Evelyn considered sensible.They got the people in the villages interested in what was going to happen, so they were then watching with bated breath as the experiment began. Note: `Bate' is an old form of `abate', which in this context means `control' or `hold back'. See also: breath
with bated breath
in great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly. Baited , which is sometimes seen, is a misspelling, since bated in this sense is a shortened form of abated , the idea being that your breathing is lessened under the influence of extreme suspense.See also: breath
fish or cut bait
stop vacillating and decide to act on or disengage from something. North American informalSee also: bait, cut, fish
rise to the bait
react to a provocation or temptation exactly as intended. The image here is of a fish coming to the surface to take a bait or fly.1966Listener I should perhaps apologise for having risen to the bait of Mr Wilkinson's provocative letter. See also: bait, rise
with ˌbated ˈbreath
hardly able to breathe because you are very anxious about something: We watched with bated breath as the lion moved slowly towards him.See also: breath
fish or cut ˈbait
(American English, informal) used to tell somebody to make a decision and take the necessary action: There’s been enough discussion. It’s time for the government to fish or cut bait. Bait is the food you put on a hook to catch fish. If you cut bait, you stop fishing.See also: bait, cut, fish
rise to the ˈbait
act or react to something in exactly the way another person wants you to: I knew he was trying to get me angry, but I didn’t rise to the bait.A fisherman uses bait to attract fish to his hook.See also: bait, rise
swallow the ˈbait
(informal) accept an offer, etc. which has been made or prepared specially by somebody in order to get you to do something: When people read the words ‘Free Gift’ on a magazine they usually swallow the bait and buy it.A fisherman uses bait to attract fish to his hook.See also: bait, swallow
jump at
v.1. To leap or bound toward someone or something: The security guard jumped at the attacker.2. To take advantage of something enthusiastically, as an opportunity; respond quickly to something: We jumped at the chance to invest in the project.3. To make a sudden verbal attack on someone; lash out at someone: The students jumped at the speaker during the lecture.See also: jump
Fish or cut bait
sent. Do something or get out of the way. Decide whether you’re going to watch or help. Fish or cut bait.See also: bait, cut, fish
cut bait
To abandon an activity or enterprise.See also: bait, cut
fish or cut bait
Informal To proceed with an activity or abandon it altogether.See also: bait, cut, fish
fish or cut bait
Get on with what you’re doing or quit and give someone else a chance; stop putting it off. This metaphor, alluding to a fisherman who ties up the use of a boat or rod when he could at least be preparing bait for others to use, originated in nineteenth-century politics. It appeared in the Congressional Record in 1876, when Congressman Joseph P. Cannon, telling the Democrats to vote on a bill that would legalize the silver dollar, said, “I want you gentlemen on the other side of the House to ‘fish or cut bait.’” A ruder twentieth-century American version is shit or get off the pot.See also: bait, cut, fish
with bated breath
Holding one’s breath back in expectation. To bate meant to restrain, but this verb is scarcely heard today except in this cliché, which itself has an archaic sound and often is used ironically. Shakespeare used it in The Merchant of Venice (1.3): “Shall I bend low, and in a bondsman’s key, With bated breath, and whispering humbleness.” A more recent colloquial locution is don’t hold your breath, meaning “don’t wait in vain.”See also: breath
get your bait back
Just about recoup your expenditure. An old New England fisherman's expression for barely making expenses. Some who caught just enough fish to sell to compensate for the day's expenses was said to have gotten his bait back.See also: back, bait, get
fish or cut bait
Do it or leave. The entire expression was “fish or cut bait or go ashore,” a commercial fishing industry warning that if you weren't hauling in a catch, you'd better find something more useful to do, such as cutting baitfish into pieces. And if you couldn't do that, you were just taking up space and you'd be fired. A similar expression that's still in use is the non-gender specific “pee or get off the pot” (or in slightly less genteel surroundings, “shit or get off the pot”).See also: bait, cut, fish
Bait
Bait
an epic and lyric epic genre of Tatar and Bashkir popular poetry. The term comes from the Arabic bayt (couplet). As a rule, the bait is composed of quatrains with an aaba or abcb rhyme scheme, and it may be as long as 100 quatrains. The genre arose in the 14th and 15th centuries. Prerevolutionary baits may be grouped in cycles according to their themes: military historical and soldiers’ baits and baits about forced labor, peasant uprisings, the hard lot of women, and so forth. There are also satirical and humorous baits.
The basis of the majority of baits is the impact of overwhelming circumstances on the protagonist. Therefore, the death of the hero and a monologue by him—a farewell to life and his family—are characteristic of the genre. A traditional beginning, common locations, and borrowings from sung poetry are encountered in the bait. Many baits have their own melodies, which make up a special part of popular music. Baits are still composed.
TEXTS AND REFERENCES
Katanov, N. F. Istoricheskie pesni kazanskikh tatar. Kazan, 1899. Bádig, Kh. Khalïk ädäbiyätï, top 1, bülek 3. Kazan, 1913. Yärxmi, Kh. Bäetlar. Kazan, 1960. Nadirov, I. Khalïk häm zhïr. Kazan, 1961.
I. N. NADIROV
Bait
in the protection of plants, any one of various substances to attract harmful rodents and insects with the aim of exterminating them. Baits include food traps and attractants.
The use of food traps is based on a knowledge of the nutritional requirements and the food-seeking and feeding habits of various pest species. The basis for the use of attractants lies in the study of the mechanisms for the release, dissemination, and sensing of special compounds by insects. Baits may be non-poisonous (for example, decoy crops), poisonous (with the addition of pesticides), or microbial (treated with pathogenic bacteria causing a typhoidlike disease in rodents). They may be wet, semidry, or dry. Ground plant leaves, hay, straw, grain, oil cakes, bran, and, sometimes, manure (against locust) are used as bait substrates. Liquid oils known as stickers (sunflower and cottonseed oils) are used to bind insoluble poisons onto baits.
The production of poisonous baits should not endanger humans. They should be produced outdoors at special sites located far from domestic animals. Baits for mole crickets and grasshoppers are distributed in fields. Baits for susliks, voles, and water rats are placed in fields and gardens in or near the rodent’s burrows. The best places to set baits for mice and rats are storehouses, dwellings, and barns. The average amount of bait for one burrow is 1-2 g. Approximately 0.5-5 g are required for 1 sq m of room or enclosed ground, and 30-40 kg is needed for a hectare.
REFERENCES
Poliakov, I. Ia. Vrednye gryzuny i bor’ba s nimi, 2nd ed. Leningrad, 1968. Berim, N. G. Khimicheskaia zashchita rastenii, 2nd ed. Leningrad, 1972.
B. IU. FAL’KENSHTEIN
What does it mean when you dream about bait?
As a lure, bait is usually associated with fishing, although in a dream fishing can symbolize anything from fishing for a deal to fishing for a compliment.
BAIT
Acronym
Definition
BAIT➣Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies
BAIT➣Bay Area Implementation Team (Canada)
BAIT➣Bay Area Improv Theatre (Tampa, FL; est. 2004)
BAIT➣Bass Anglers Italian Team (fishing)
BAIT➣Bookeeping and Accounting Interactive Tutor (business education)
BAIT➣Base Angles of an Isosceles Triangle (Are Equal; geometry)
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Synonyms for bait
noun lure
Synonyms
lure
attraction
incentive
carrot
temptation
bribe
magnet
snare
inducement
decoy
carrot and stick
honeypot
enticement
allurement
verb tease
Synonyms
tease
provoke
annoy
irritate
guy
bother
needle
plague
mock
rag
rib
wind up
hound
torment
harass
ridicule
taunt
hassle
aggravate
badger
gall
persecute
pester
goad
irk
bedevil
take the mickey out of
take the piss out of
chaff
gibe
get on the nerves of
nark
be on the back of
piss you off
get in the hair of
get or take a rise out of
Synonyms for bait
noun something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward
Synonyms
allurement
come-on
enticement
inducement
inveiglement
invitation
lure
seduction
temptation
noun something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult
Synonyms
lure
snare
trap
verb to torment with persistent insult or ridicule
Synonyms
badger
bullyrag
heckle
hector
hound
taunt
needle
ride
verb to disturb by repeated attacks
Synonyms
annoy
bedevil
beleaguer
beset
harass
harry
pester
plague
tease
torment
worry
verb to excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach
Synonyms
tantalize
tease
Synonyms for bait
noun anything that serves as an enticement
Synonyms
come-on
lure
sweetener
hook
Related Words
enticement
temptation
noun something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
bait - anything that serves as an enticement
bait - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
bait - 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"
bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait