Found 2 hits - Term: baited, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bait \bait\ b=at, v. t. imp. p. p. baited; p. pr. vb.
n. baiting. oe. baiten, beit=en, to feed, harass, fr.
icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. bimacta.
root87. see bite.
1913 webster
1. to provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
1913 webster
2. to give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses. --holland.
1913 webster
3. to furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
1913 webster
a crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
--w. irving.
1913 webster
see also:
baited baiting bite
- [2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "baited":
badgered, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled,
dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hectored, hounded, needled,
nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, ragged,
teased, tormented, worried
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