noun

• Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
  "queerbait"
• A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
• A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
• A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

verb

• (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
• (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
  "a crooked pin […] baited with a vile earthworm"
• (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
• (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.

verb

• (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
  "to bait a bear with dogs"
• (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
  "I remember once before, a mad woman, from about Alnwick, by name baited me with letters and plans — first for charity for herself or some protégé — I gave my guinea— then she wanted to have half the profits of a novel which I was to publish under my name and auspices."
• (transitive, archaic) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
  "And than they com into a lowe medow that was full of swete floures, and there thes noble knyghtes bayted her horses."
• (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
  "King Cyrus, that he might more speedily receave news from al parts of his Empire (which was of exceeding great length), would needs have it tried how far a horse could in a day goe outright without baiting, at which distance he caused stations to be set up, and men to have fresh horses ready for al such as came to him."

verb

• (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
  "Kites that baite and beate."