verb
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To attract with bait; to entice.
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To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
verb
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To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
example
to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull
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To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
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To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
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(of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
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(of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
verb
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To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
Examples of baited in a Sentence
Having baited the horses twice on the way, he arrived at the town toward evening on the fourth of August.
She baited the hook and threw it in the pond, watching as tiny waves rippled out from the bobber and gently lapped at the grassy shore.
Every spring, Academy Award watchers not only wait with baited breath to see who will win the big awards, but also which Oscar dresses parade down the runway.
Cuttlefish pots are baited with a female cuttlefish pots are baited with a female cuttlefish, a mirror or a shiny CD to attract the males!
Sackler, easily baited by DeLeo, was quick to show his temper.
He had, besides, a relish for Hobbes's wit (as he used to say, " Here comes the bear to be baited "), and did not like the old man the less because his presence at court scandalized the bishops or the prim virtue of Chancellor Hyde.
The old Jacobites were dying out; James never had a minister who was not baited by three-fourths of the party, and denounced as a favourite at best, at worst a traitor; and the Cause would have sunk into ashes but for the promise of his eldest son, Prince Charles.
Jule baited the immortal creature.
He'd been baited by many Immortals in his time and understood Wynn wanted to push his buttons.
She waited for him to catapult her out of his lap and fire her after the reminder, happy to have baited him for the second time.
We NGOs wait with baited breath for the outcome of their deliberations.
This method of fishing involves the use of line to which thousands of baited hooks are attached.
The fauna present at the baited lander where photographed at high frequency for periods of up to 6 months.
A simple two or three hook paternoster rig baited with rag or crab is the best way to approach this spot.
It does not seek to attack man; but when baited, or in defence of its young, shows great courage and strength, rising on its hind legs and endeavouring to grasp its antagonist in an embrace.
Darkyn had baited her.