| NOUN | cognition | bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement / enticement |
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| artifact | bait, decoy, lure | something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | |
| VERB | communication | bait, tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, taunt, twit, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping |
| social | bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait | |
| competition | bait | attack with dogs or set dogs upon |
| Sounds | bey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Anything that serves as an enticement / enticement. | |
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| Synonyms | come-on, hook, lure, sweetener | |
| Broader | temptation, enticement | Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |
| Spanish | anzuelo, cebo, gancho, señuelo | |
| Catalan | edulcorant, esquer | |
| Verbs | bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait |
| Meaning | Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. | |
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| Synonyms | decoy, lure | |
| Part of | trap | A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| Narrower | chum | Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish |
| fisherman's lure, fish lure | (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers | |
| ground bait | Bait scattered on the water to attract fish | |
| stool pigeon | A dummy pigeon used to decoy others | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | anzuelo, carnada, cebo, cimbel, señuelo | |
| Catalan | enze, esquer, parany, reclam | |
| Verbs | bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait |
| Meaning | harass with persistent criticism or carping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, taunt, twit, rally, ride | |
| Narrower | jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe | laugh at with contempt and derision |
| kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter | Be silly or tease one another | |
| Broader | mock, bemock | treat with contempt |
| Spanish | befarse, burlarse, burlar, cachondearse, chancearse, chotearse, chungearse, mofarse, molestar, pitorrearse, recochinearse, tomar el pelo | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, burlar, fastidiar, fastiguejar, molestar, tantalitzar | |
| Meaning | Lure, entice, or entrap with bait. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | entice, lure, tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion |
| Spanish | atosigar | |
| Nouns | bait | something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed |
| bait | anything that serves as an enticement / enticement | |
| Meaning | attack with dogs or set dogs upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Spanish | atosigar | |
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