bait-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: tease, rag on

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] BAIT NP2 [patient]

Examples:
Her boss is always baiting defenseless subordinates.
He baits her by making fun of his own puppy-dog attachment to her.
She baits him with letting him know what he is doing wrong.
He baits her about missing their meeting.
She was baited by the police, taunted.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bait.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: lure, entrap with bait

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] BAIT NP2[patient](PP) NP1[instrument] BAIT NP2[patient] (PP)

Examples:
He baits her into killing another vampire.
He baits her into confessing to Ames's murder.
She baits men who try to buy sex from her.
Pay raises bait employees into staying.
Lollipops and money bait children onto his lap.

Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bait.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Put bait on a hook, trap

Commentary: Syntax includes:NP1[agent] BAIT NP2[patient] (PP {with NP[instrument]})

Examples:
Fishermen bait hooks with chicken liver.
How do you bait your squirrel trap?
Bait each trap with cull apples, bread crumbs or vegetable scraps.

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bait.03

Sense Number 4: attack with dogs

Examples:
How many dogs bait the bull at once?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3