bait
noun
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
baits
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present tense formof bait (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"I ended up in sewers, trying to hang poison baits to kill rats."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
"Gel baits have been found by numerous studies to be very effective, at least in the lab, for German cockroach control," Gordon said.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
Airdropped poison baits have been used to eradicate predators from uninhabited islands, but that is a problematic strategy if people live nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2024
Control efforts, which focus on using poisonous baits, have proven ineffective, likely due to low bait uptake and bait abandonment.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
It was useless to go on dramatizing her charms and talents for the benefit of these ridiculous knights—useless to go on hunting them with the tyrannous baits of what she thought was love.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
