Usually means: Lure used to attract prey.
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  1. bait: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bait: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bait, bait: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bait: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bait: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bait, bait: Wordnik
  7. bait: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bait: Wiktionary
  9. bait: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bait: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bait: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bait, bait: Dictionary.com
  13. bait (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bait: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Bait (book), Bait (disambiguation), Bait (dogs), Bait (film), Bait (fishing), Bait (luring substance), Bait (soundtrack), Bait, The Bait: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. bait: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. bait: Rhymezone
  18. bait: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. bait: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Bait: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. bait: Free Dictionary
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  23. bait: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. bait: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. Bait: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  26. bait: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. Bait (disambiguation), bait: Legal dictionary

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  2. Bait (disambiguation), bait: Medical dictionary

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  3. bait: Idioms

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  1. bait, bait, bait: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the bait: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Bait: Sports Definitions

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(Note: See baited as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
noun:  Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
noun:  Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
noun:  (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group
noun:  A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
noun:  (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat
noun:  (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
noun:  (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
noun:  A light or hasty luncheon.
noun:  (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
verb:  (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
verb:  (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
verb:  (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
verb:  (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
verb:  (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
verb:  (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
verb:  (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
verb:  (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
adjective:  (MLE) Obvious; blatant.
adjective:  (MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.

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