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
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net
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