- Eugene Sheffer Crossword
- May 22 2023
- Take the bait
Take the bait
Here is the answer for the: Take the bait crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on May 22 2023 Eugene Sheffer Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Take the bait has a total of 4 letters.
The word BITE is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable's. The syllable division for BITE is: bite
Definition
• | To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite
an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. |
• | To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
insects) used in taking food. |
• | To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. |
• | To cheat; to trick; to take in. |
• | To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
anchor bites the ground. |
• | To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with
the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite? |
• | To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which
causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or
mustard. |
• | To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or
injure; to have the property of so doing. |
• | To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to
take a tempting offer. |
• | To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites. |
• | The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of
wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the
teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite. |
• | The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking
food, as is done by some insects. |
• | The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's
bite; the bite of a mosquito. |
• | A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting. |
• | The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to
be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another. |
• | A cheat; a trick; a fraud. |
• | A sharper; one who cheats. |
• | A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion
of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and
paper. |
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