bait

(countable, uncountable)Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

attach bait to a hook

catch a few using bait

(countable, uncountable)Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

(countable, uncountable)Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.

(countable, uncountable)A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

(Internet, countable, uncountable)(Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.

Please stop posting bait, or I will have to mute you.

(transitive)To attract with bait; to entice.

(transitive)To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

(transitive)To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.

(transitive)To target a pest species by laying baits.

(transitive)To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.

to bait a bear with dogs

to bait a bull

(transitive)To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.

Đồng nghĩa: badger, hound, badger, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, persecute, bug, devil, beset, chevy, give someone grief, harass, harry, hound, pester, pick at, plague, vex

(archaic, transitive)To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.

(intransitive)Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.

(intransitive)(of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

(intransitive, obsolete)To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

(Multicultural London English)(MLE) Obvious; blatant.

Đồng nghĩa: apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, eyely, intuitive, manifest, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as Salisbury, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, splendent, straightforward, undissembled

(Multicultural London English)(MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.

Đồng nghĩa: bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused, iconic, irrecondite, known, legendary, mere, notable, noted, noteworthy, proverbial, recognizable, renowned, storied, well-known