. To cause to bite; set on (a dog) to bite or worry (another animal).To provoke and harass by setting on dogs; set a dog or dogs to worry or fight with for sport, as an animal that is hampered or confined: as, to bait a bull or a bear.To set upon, as a dog upon a captive animal; hence, to harass in any way; annoy; nag; badger; worry.To feed; give a portion of food and drink to, especially upon a journey: as, to bait horses.To put a bait on or in: as, to bait a hook, line, snare, or trap.. To allure by a bait; catch; captivate: as, “to bait fish,”. To act in a worrying or harassing manner.To take food; feed.To stop at an inn, while on a journey, to feed the horses, or for rest and refreshment.n. Any substance, as an attractive morsel of food, placed on a hook or in a trap to allure fish or other animals to swallow the hook or to enter the trap, and thereby be caught; specifically, worms, small fishes, etc., used in fishing.n. An allurement; enticement; temptation.n. A portion of food and drink; a slight or informal repast. Refreshment taken on a journey, by man or beast.n. A luncheon; food eaten by a laborer during his shift.n. A halt for refreshment or rest in the course of a journey.n. A refreshment or refresher.n. A hasty meal; a snack.n. Short for whitebait.n. etc. An obsolete form of bate, etc.