bait vs bite

bait

verb
  • To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line. 

  • To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass. 

  • (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey. 

  • To attract with bait; to entice. 

  • (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey. 

  • To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport. 

noun
  • Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. 

  • A light or hasty luncheon. 

  • A packed lunch. 

  • A post intended to get a rise out of others. 

  • Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something 

  • A small meal taken mid-morning while farming. 

  • Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. 

  • A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. 

  • A miner's packed meal. 

adj
  • Well-known; famous; renowned. 

  • Obvious; blatant. 

bite

verb
  • To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. 

  • To attack with the teeth. 

  • To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. 

  • To behave aggressively; to reject advances. 

  • To take or keep a firm hold. 

  • To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to. 

  • To take hold; to establish firm contact with. 

  • To sting. 

  • To have significant effect, often negative. 

  • To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent. 

  • To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure. 

  • To perform oral sex on. Used in invective. 

  • To hold something by clamping one's teeth. 

  • To cut into something by clamping the teeth. 

  • To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck. 

  • To plagiarize, to imitate. 

  • To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor. 

noun
  • A small meal or snack. 

  • The wound left behind after having been bitten. 

  • Something unpleasant. 

  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. 

  • aggression 

  • A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money. 

  • The act of biting. 

  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful. 

  • The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another. 

  • A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper. 

  • An act of plagiarism. 

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