bait

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English

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

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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
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  4. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
    • 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, chapter 20 page 70
      The tediousness of a two hours' bait at Petty-France, in which there was nothing to be done but to eat without being hungry, and loiter about without any thing to see, next followed[…]
    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.
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
  • 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[2]
  • 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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Washington Irving and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      a crooked pin […] baited with a vile earthworm

Translations

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.

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.
    • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, in Paradise Regain’d, to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, p. 89, line 539,[4]
      For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
    • 1677, John Evelyn, Diary entry for 13 September, 1677, in Memoirs of John Evelyn, London: Henry Colburn, 1827, Volume 2, p. 433,[5]
      My Lord’s coach convey’d me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket, stepping in at Audley End to see that house againe, I slept at Bishops Strotford, and the next day home.
    • 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 62,[6]
      At Break of Day we arose, and after a short Repast march’d on till Noon, when we baited among some shady Trees near a Pond of Water […]
See also

Etymology 3

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 more bait, superlative most bait)

  1. (MLE) Obvious; blatant.
    • 2008, “Power”, in Famous?, performed by Jamie "Jme" Adenuga and Tim Westwood:
      I've been at home all day / Cloning £50 notes, this is sick / But it's a bit bait / Cause all the serial numbers are the same / So I can't spend them in the same place
  2. (MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.
Synonyms

Anagrams

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)

  1. wide, broad
    an baitar bèg ― a wide road
    Dar bèg is bait.
    The road is wide.
  2. distant

Declension

Positive forms of bait
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist bait zi ist bait is ist bait ze zèint bait
with definite article nominative dar baite de baita 's baite de baiten
accusative in baiten de baita 's baite de baiten
dative me baiten dar baiten me baiten in baiten
with indefinite article nominative an baitar an baita an baites (khòone) baiten
accusative an baiten an baita an baites (khòone) baiten
dative aname baiten anara baiten aname baiten (khòonen) baiten
without article nominative baite
accusative baite
dative baiten
Comparative forms of bait
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist baitor zi ist baitor is ist baitor ze zèint baitor
with definite article nominative dar baitore de baitora 's baitore de baitorn
accusative in baitorn de baitora 's baitore de baitorn
dative me baitorn dar baitorn me baitorn in baitorn
with indefinite article nominative an baitorar an baitora an baitors (khòone) baitorn
accusative an baitorn an baitora an baitors (khòone) baitorn
dative aname baitorn anara baitorn aname baitorn (khòonen) baitorn
without article nominative baitore
accusative baitore
dative baitorn
Superlative forms of bait
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist dar baitorste zi ist dar baitorsta is ist dar baitorste ze zèint dar baitorste
with definite article nominative dar baitorste de baitorsta 's baitorste de baitorsten
accusative in baitorsten de baitorsta 's baitorste de baitorsten
dative me baitorsten dar baitorsten me baitorsten in baitorsten
with indefinite article nominative an baitorstar an baitorsta an baitorstes (khòone) baitorsten
accusative an baitorsten an baitorsta an baitorstes (khòone) baitorsten
dative aname baitorsten anara baitorsten aname baitorsten (khòonen) baitorsten
without article nominative baitorste
accusative baitorste
dative baitorsten

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Lashi

Noun

bait

  1. week

Verb

bait

  1. hit

References

Malay

Pronunciation

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  • 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)

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

Middle English

Noun

bait

  1. Alternative form of bayte

Welsh

Alternative forms

Verb

bait

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bait fait mait unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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