bait

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This word consists of 4 letters and is spelled as "B-A-I-T". It has 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

How do you spell bait

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bait

verb

How to pronunciation bait: ˈbāt

What does Bait Mean?

What does bait meaning in English

1. Meat set to allure fish, or other animals, to a snare. The pleasant’st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Shakesp. Much ado about Nothing.
   
2. A temptation; an enticement. And that same glorious beauty’s idle boast, Is but a bait such wretches to beguile. Spens. sonnet Taketh therewith the souls of men, as with certain baits. Hooker, b. v. § 3
   
3. Sweet words I grant, baits and allurements sweet But greatest hopes of greatest crosses meet. Fairfax, b. ii. Fruit, like that Which grew in paradise, the bait of Eve Us’d by the tempter. Milton’s Par. Lost, b. x. l. 55
4. Secure from foolish pride’s affected state, And specious flattery’s more pernicious bait. Roscommon. Her head was bare, But for her native ornament of hair, Which in a simple knot was ty’d above: Sweet negligence! unheeded bait of love! Dryden’s Fab. Grant that others could with equal glory, Look down on pleasures, and the baits of sense. Add. Cato.
   
5. A refreshment on a journey.

Other definitions for bait

The definition of 'bait' is: to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks : to try to make angry with criticism or insults

How to spell bait

Want to know how to spell bait, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "bait consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈbāt".

Synonyms for bait:

There are synonyms for bait'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of bait:

decoy, lure

Some words similar to "bait"

• bull-baiting
• baiting
• baith
• tombait
• baits
• bait
• baited
• ground-bait
• retombait

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How many points in scrabble for bait

How many points is the word "bait" in Scrabble? Is "bait" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word bait is 6

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