groundbait

ground bait

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Definitions of groundbait word

noun groundbait chum2 (def 1). 1
uncountable noun groundbait Groundbait is food that you throw on to a river or lake when you are fishing in order to attract the fish. 0
noun groundbait bait, such as scraps of bread, maggots, etc, thrown into an area of water to attract fish 0
verb groundbait to prepare (an area of water) with groundbait 0

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Origin of groundbait

First appearance:

before 1645

One of the 44% oldest English words

First recorded in 1645-55

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Parts of speech for Groundbait

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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groundbait popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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