bait vs court

bait

verb
  • To attract with bait; to entice. 

  • 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. 

  • (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. 

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

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. 

court

verb
  • To attempt to attract. 

  • To risk (a consequence, usually negative). 

  • To attempt to gain alliance with. 

  • To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. 

  • To seek to achieve or win. 

  • To engage in courtship behavior. 

  • To try to win a commitment to marry from. 

  • To engage in behavior leading to mating. 

  • To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections. 

noun
  • An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings. 

  • Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone 

  • A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac. 

  • An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. 

  • Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign. 

  • Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 

  • one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play 

  • The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. 

  • The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. 

  • The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases. 

  • The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. 

  • The session of a judicial assembly. 

  • A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games 

  • The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. 

  • A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme. 

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