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cebo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bait noun Food or a lure used to attract fish or other animals so they can be caught.
  • lure noun Something that tempts or attracts, often with the promise of pleasure or reward.
  • nightcrawler noun An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.

Senses

cebo is used for these senses in English:

  • bait Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
  • lure (also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  • lure (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  • nightcrawler (chiefly, Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.

bait — full definition

  1. noun Food or a lure used to attract fish or other animals so they can be caught.
  2. noun Anything used to tempt or lure someone into doing something.
  3. verb To deliberately provoke or taunt someone.

lure — full definition

  1. noun Something that tempts or attracts, often with the promise of pleasure or reward.
  2. noun An artificial bait used to attract fish.
  3. verb To attract someone by offering something tempting.

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