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bait

/beɪt/

US pronunciation
American sound/beɪt/
bait
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

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Myanmar meaning

(n) ငါးစာ။မျှားခေါ်ရန် ထောင်ချောက်နောက်တွင်တပ်ဆင်ထားသော အစာ။ baits (v) ငါးစာတပ်သည်။(ထောင်ချောက်တွင်)အစာထည့်ထောင်သည်။ baits, baited, baiting

Full entry

bait /beÇt/ n [U]

၁။ ငါးစာ။ use live worms as bait ❍ The fish nibbled at/ rose to/ took/ swallowed the bait.
၂။ [ဥ] တည်ကြက်။ The police used him as bait to trap the killers.
v
၁။ ~ sth (with sth) အစာဖြင့်မျှားသည်၊ ထောင်သည်။ bait a trap ❍ bait a hook with a worm.
၂။ မခံချိ မခံသာဖြစ်အောင်၊ စိတ်ဆိုးအောင်စသည်။

More examples
  • [take the bait] : Interest-free credit is on offer and customers are taking the bait.
Synonyms
lure, attraction, enticement, temptation, inducement, allure, allurement, anger, annoy, attract, badger, bedevil, beguile, bother, bribe, carrot, come-on, drag, draw, entice, fascinate, gall, goad, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, lead on, nag, needle, persecute, provoke, pull, rag, razz, seduce, seducement, shill, snare, taunt, tease, tempt, torment, trap
Antonyms
aid, assuage, calm, delight, discourage, discouragement, encourage, help, make happy, please, repel, repulse, repulsion, soothe, turn off
Cross references
lureattractionenticementtemptationinducementallureallurementangerannoyattractbadgerbedevilbeguilebotherbribecarrotcome-ondragdrawenticefascinategallgoadharasshecklehoundirkirritate
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