bait

تعريف bait في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: To affix bait to a fishing hook or fishing line; To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport; To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey
And than they com into a lowe medow that was full of swete floures, and there thes noble knyghtes bayted her horses.; Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation; Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests; To attract with bait; to entice; To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass; A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment; A light or hasty luncheon; Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net; {i} decoy, lure; enticement, seduction; {v} to put on a bait, give or take refreshments, set dogs upon, clap; {n} a temptation, meat to allure, refreshment; food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey An object or organism used to attract an animal; live fish are attached to hooks and used as bait in the tuna fishery; anything that serves as an enticement; Items used to induce fish to bite a hook; food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net; To provoke and harass; esp; Food or other material that is put on a hook to lure or trap a fish or other animal; To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses; Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals; If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them. He delighted in baiting his mother. = needle; To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something. Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements; {f} place bait on a hook or trap; tempt, lure, entice; badger, tease, harass; Any substance, esp; Derived from 'blatant', it is used in place of the word For example, "You're baitly wrong " You always emphasize the 'bait' above any other word in the sentence; To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey; something used to lure victims into danger; To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook; The basic format of the yeast-two hybrid system involves the creation of two hybrid molecules, one in which the "bait" protein is fused with a transcription factor, and one in which the "prey" protein is fused with a related transcription factor If the bait and prey proteins indeed interact then the two factors fused to these two proteins are also brought into proximity with each other As a result a specific signal is produced, indicating an interaction has taken place [CHI Proteomics report]; Something used to lure any wildlife resource It is unlawful to use gamefish or any part thereof as bait; If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. He baited his hook with pie The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey; A formulation, including attractants, toxicants, and/or mechanical devices used as a lure for killing pests or for sampling populations; means any substance that attracts fish by scent or flavour and includes a lure to which scent or flavouring has been added (see Fishing with Bait in the General Regulations section); lure, entice, or entrap with bait; attack with dogs or set dogs upon; To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey; something used to lure victims into danger anything that serves as an enticement attack with dogs or set dogs upon lure, entice, or entrap with bait; If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English. When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait. Variant of bate; to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull; harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"; in virus detection, a file which is deliberately exposed to be infected
bait and switch: Any similar deceptive behavior, especially in politics and romantic relationships
bait and switch: An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product
Seereeram and other critics say it was a sort of bait and switch. Citibank met with Trintomar three times in the spring of 1992 to pitch its original $66 million refinancing proposal, and in a letter dated Sept. 9, Trintomar asked for a formal proposal. The next day, Citibank sent a letter outlining the extra $96.5 million loan in several pages of eye-glazing detail.
bait box: A small box, in which poison is kept, with space for small animals e.g. rats to eat from
bait box: a box used to keep bait
bait car: A vehicle used as a decoy by police to help apprehend car thieves, often equipped to be tracked by GPS and to be disabled remotely
The whole premise behind the police department's bait car program is to entice an auto thief to take the rigged automobile and get caught.
bait dog: A dog that is used to test another dog's fighting instinct. The "bait" is mauled or killed in the process
bait-and-switch: Relating to use of bait and switch (offering one attractive exchange initially, but not honoring the offer) in business, politics, and elsewhere
Despite Healy's argument that the Liberty Fund would go to worthwhile causes, many felt the Red Cross had deliberately misled donors by using September 11th in a bait-and-switch ploy.
bait and switch: A sales tactic in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced item but is then encouraged to buy a higher-priced one
bait and switch: The ploy of offering a person something desirable to gain favor (as political support) then thwarting expectations with something less desirable
bait and switch: a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
bait and switch: A sales tactic in which a bargain-priced item is used to attract customers who are then encouraged to purchase a more expensive similar item
bait car: car which the police places as bait and uses it in order to allure and tempt car thieves into stealing it
bait casting: the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait
bait-and-switch: Submitting one page to a search engine, and switching it with another after search engine spider it
bait-and-switch: An illegal practice by which a dealership offers a vehicle at a very low price that is not actually available, then presses a customer to purchase a more expensive vehicle
bait-and-switch: The provision of one page for a search engine or directory and a different page for other user agents at the same URL Various methods can be used, e g Agent Name Delivery or IP Delivery
Oscar bait: A film perceived to be designed at least partially in order to win an Academy Award
baiter: Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook
When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line.
baiter: Someone in an Internet discussion group who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board
baiting: The act of luring, as into a trap
baiting: A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it
fish or cut bait: To choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide
It's time to fish or cut bait: either we buy this house now, or we must start looking for another one.
flame bait: a deliberately provocative posting intended to start a flame war
race-bait: To engage in race baiting
shark bait: Swimmer who is furthest from shore
1912: It might be only some foolhardy 'shark baiter' as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called. — Arther Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5. (Quoted in A dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms by G. A. Wilkes.).
baited: {a} having a bait, fed, attacked, fet on
baited: past of bait
baited: {s} lured, enticed; badgered, bothered, teased
baiter: {i} trapper; oppressor, persecutor
baiter: One who baits; a tormentor
baiting: present participle of bait
baiting: The act to worry or torment a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it for sport
baiting: harassment especially of a tethered animal
baiting: {i} persecuting, harassing, teasing
baits: third-person singular of bait
baits: plural of bait
fish or cut bait: {f} start the main assignment or continue with the preparations
flame bait: provocative message on newsgroups, message to a newsgroup having bold contents which incite readers
ground bait: bait scattered on the water to attract fish
ground bait: food that you throw onto a river, lake etc when you are fishing in order to attract fish
live bait: living worms or tiny living fish used as bait
swallow the bait: be tricked by a decoy, fall into a trap
swallowed the bait: believed the story, believed the lie to be true