unbait

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verb

To remove the bait from.

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Meanings

verbunbait (third-person singular simple present unbaits, present participle unbaiting, simple past and past participle unbaited)

present singular third person unbaits · participle present unbaiting · participle past unbaited · past unbaited

  1. transitiveTo remove the bait from.

    I would lift the pole, unbait the hook, wrap the line around the pole, and carefully lay it down.

    1998, Franklin Burroughs, Billy Watson's Croker Sack, page 54

Origin

From un- + bait.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Taubin
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APA

unbait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbait

MLA

“unbait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbait. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbait,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbait.

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