bait vs ramp

bait

verb
  • 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. 

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

adj
  • Well-known; famous; renowned. 

  • Obvious; blatant. 

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. 

ramp

verb
  • To behave violently; to rage. 

  • To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate. 

  • To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell. 

  • To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate. 

  • To rob violently. 

noun
  • A scale of values. 

  • An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway. 

  • A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp. 

  • A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron). 

  • A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell. 

  • A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport. 

  • An act of violent robbery. 

  • An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek. 

  • A worthless person. 

  • A speed bump. 

  • An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline. 

  • A promiscuous man or woman. 

  • A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers. 

  • A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe. 

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