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bait abit biat ibat aibt iabt bati abti btai tbai atbi tabi bita ibta btia tbia itba tiba aitb iatb atib taib itab tiab

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Definitions and meaning of bait

bait

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Homophone: bate

Etymology 1

From Middle English bayte, bait, beite, from Old Norse beita (“food, bait”), from Proto-Germanic *baitō (“that which is bitten, bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with German Beize (“mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade; hunting”), Old English bāt (“that which can be bitten, food, bait”). Related to bite.

Noun

bait (countable and uncountable, plural baits)

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

2. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
3. Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
   1. (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group

4. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
   1. (Geordie) A packed lunch.
   2. (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
   3. (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
   4. A light or hasty luncheon.
5. (Internet slang) A post intended to get a rise out of others.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Verb

bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)

1. (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
2. (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
3. (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
4. (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.

Usage notes

• This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb bate, which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression with bated breath is frequently misspelled *with baited breath by writers unfamiliar with the verb bate.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bayten, baiten, beiten, from Old Norse beita (“to bait, cause to bite, feed, hunt”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite, bridle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to bait”), Swedish beta (“to bait, pasture, graze”), German beizen (“to cause to bite, bait”), Old English bǣtan (“to bait, hunt, bridle, bit”).

Verb

bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)

1. (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

2. (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
3. (transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
4. (intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
5. (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

See also

• bait (dogs) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

French battre de l'aile or des ailes, to flap or flutter.

Verb

bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)

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

Etymology 4

Etymology unknown.

Adjective

bait (comparative baiter, superlative baitest)

1. (MLE) Obvious; blatant.
2. (MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.

Synonyms

• (obvious): See also Thesaurus:obvious
• (well-known): See also Thesaurus:famous

Anagrams

• IBAT, a bit, bati, tabi

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz (“wide, broad”). Cognate with German weit, Dutch wijd, English wide, Icelandic víður.

Adjective

bait (comparative baitor, superlative dar baitorste) (Sette Comuni, Luserna)

1. wide, broad

   an baitar bèg ― a wide road

   Dar bèg is bait. ― The road is wide.

2. distant, far

   Synonym: vèrre

Declension

Derived terms

• baitekhot

References

• “bait” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bait, from Arabic بَيْت (bayt), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɪt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: ba‧it

Noun

bait (plural bait-bait, first-person possessive baitku, second-person possessive baitmu, third-person possessive baitnya)

1. house (abode)
2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)
3. (literature) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)

   Synonyms: untai, kuplet

4. (literature) stanza (a unit of a poem, often in the form of a paragraph)

   Synonym: stanza

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bait” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /baet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /baɪt/
• Rhymes: -aet, -et

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيْت (bayt), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Noun

bait (Jawi spelling بيت, plural bait-bait, informal 1st possessive baitku, 2nd possessive baitmu, 3rd possessive baitnya)

1. house (abode)
2. home (house or structure in which someone lives)
3. (literature) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bait

Etymology 2

From English byte.

Noun

bait (Jawi spelling باءيت, plural bait-bait, informal 1st possessive baitku, 2nd possessive baitmu, 3rd possessive baitnya)

1. byte

Further reading

• “bait” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑːitˠ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ itˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠæɰjitˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {bahyit}

Noun

bait

1. boxing

Verb

bait

1. hit
2. punch

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

bait

1. Alternative form of bayte

Romanian

Noun

bait m (plural baiți)

1. Alternative form of byte

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait. Compare Bikol Central buot, Cebuano buot, Malay baik, and Maori pai.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /baˈʔit/, [bɐˈʔit]
  • IPA^(key): /baˈʔet/, [bɐˈʔɛt] (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ba‧it

Noun

baít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜁᜆ᜔)

1. kindness

   Synonyms: kabaitan, kabutihang-loob, kagandahang-loob

2. senses; clear state of mind

   Synonyms: sentido, sentido-komun, huwisyo, isip

3. prudence; cautiousness

   Synonyms: timpi, pigil

4. docility; domesticity

Derived terms

Welsh

Alternative forms

• baet

Verb

bait

1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod

Synonyms

• byddit
• byddet

Mutation

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