Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. / Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice. / (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

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

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

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

present participle of bait

A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it. / The act of luring, as into a trap.

simple past tense and past participle of bait

plural of bait

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bait