Definitions
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Word origin
From Middle English bayte, bait, beite, from Old Norse beita (“food, bait”), from Proto-Germanic *baitō (“that which is bitten, bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with German Beize (“mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade”), Old English bāt (“that which can be bitten, food, bait”). Related to bite.
Used in a sentence
“attach bait to a hook”
“catch a few using bait”
“One of the “girls” used in this way, Pamella Bordes, later spoke of being “part of an enormous group … used as sexual bait.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fishing lure”4 letters
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