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Noun

bait (countable and uncountable, plural baits)

1. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
   • attach bait to a hook
2. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
3. Anything which allures; something or someone 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.”2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London
   1. Something that lures or entices a specified group.
      • queerbait
   2. (vulgar) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
      • somno bait
4. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
   • A short stop, but no refreshment. Such baits are frequently given by the natives of the principality to their keffels, or horses, particularly after climbing a hill.1824, Thomas Fielding, Select Proverbs of All Nations, page 132

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