English Dictionary

bait

noun

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.

He used a piece of cheese as bait to catch the mouse.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

意味（3）

Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

One of the “girls” used in this way, Pamella Bordes, later spoke of being “part of an enormous group … used as sexual bait.”

意味（4）

(Tyneside) A packed lunch.

意味（5）

(East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.

意味（6）

(Northern England) A miner's packed meal.

意味（7）

A light or hasty luncheon.

意味（8）

(Internet slang) A post intended to get a rise out of others.

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