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PRONUNCIATION OF GROUNDBAIT

groundbait  [ˈɡraʊndˌbeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROUNDBAIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Groundbait is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb groundbait in English.

WHAT DOES GROUNDBAIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Groundbait

Groundbait is fishing bait that is cast into the water in order to attract fish to the fishing area. It is often used in coarse fishing.

Definition of groundbait in the English dictionary

The definition of groundbait in the dictionary is to prepare with groundbait.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GROUNDBAIT

PRESENT

Present
I groundbait
you groundbait
he/she/it groundbaits
we groundbait
you groundbait
they groundbait
Present continuous
I am groundbaiting
you are groundbaiting
he/she/it is groundbaiting
we are groundbaiting
you are groundbaiting
they are groundbaiting
Present perfect
I have groundbaited
you have groundbaited
he/she/it has groundbaited
we have groundbaited
you have groundbaited
they have groundbaited
Present perfect continuous
I have been groundbaiting
you have been groundbaiting
he/she/it has been groundbaiting
we have been groundbaiting
you have been groundbaiting
they have been groundbaiting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I groundbaited
you groundbaited
he/she/it groundbaited
we groundbaited
you groundbaited
they groundbaited
Past continuous
I was groundbaiting
you were groundbaiting
he/she/it was groundbaiting
we were groundbaiting
you were groundbaiting
they were groundbaiting
Past perfect
I had groundbaited
you had groundbaited
he/she/it had groundbaited
we had groundbaited
you had groundbaited
they had groundbaited
Past perfect continuous
I had been groundbaiting
you had been groundbaiting
he/she/it had been groundbaiting
we had been groundbaiting
you had been groundbaiting
they had been groundbaiting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will groundbait
you will groundbait
he/she/it will groundbait
we will groundbait
you will groundbait
they will groundbait
Future continuous
I will be groundbaiting
you will be groundbaiting
he/she/it will be groundbaiting
we will be groundbaiting
you will be groundbaiting
they will be groundbaiting
Future perfect
I will have groundbaited
you will have groundbaited
he/she/it will have groundbaited
we will have groundbaited
you will have groundbaited
they will have groundbaited
Future perfect continuous
I will have been groundbaiting
you will have been groundbaiting
he/she/it will have been groundbaiting
we will have been groundbaiting
you will have been groundbaiting
they will have been groundbaiting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would groundbait
you would groundbait
he/she/it would groundbait
we would groundbait
you would groundbait
they would groundbait
Conditional continuous
I would be groundbaiting
you would be groundbaiting
he/she/it would be groundbaiting
we would be groundbaiting
you would be groundbaiting
they would be groundbaiting
Conditional perfect
I would have groundbait
you would have groundbait
he/she/it would have groundbait
we would have groundbait
you would have groundbait
they would have groundbait
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been groundbaiting
you would have been groundbaiting
he/she/it would have been groundbaiting
we would have been groundbaiting
you would have been groundbaiting
they would have been groundbaiting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you groundbait
we let´s groundbait
you groundbait
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to groundbait
Past participle
groundbaited
Present Participle
groundbaiting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROUNDBAIT


acerbate
ˈæsəˌbeɪt
approbate
ˈæprəˌbeɪt
bilobate
baɪˈləʊˌbeɪt
cohobate
ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt
conglobate
ˈkɒŋɡləʊˌbeɪt
exacerbate
ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt
extubate
ˈɛkstjuːˌbeɪt
incubate
ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪt
intubate
ˈɪntjʊˌbeɪt
jailbait
ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt
masturbate
ˈmæstəˌbeɪt
niobate
ˈnaɪəʊˌbeɪt
perturbate
pəˈtɜːˌbeɪt
plumbate
ˈplʌmˌbeɪt
redbait
ˈrɛdˌbeɪt
reprobate
ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt
sorbate
ˈsɔːˌbeɪt
stylobate
ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt
titubate
ˈtɪtjʊˌbeɪt
whitebait
ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROUNDBAIT

ground water
ground wave
ground wire
ground zero
ground-breaking
ground-floor
ground-plane aerial
ground-to-air
ground-to-ground
groundage
groundbreaker
groundburst
grounded
groundedly
grounder
groundfish
groundhog
Groundhog Day
grounding
groundless

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROUNDBAIT

ait
au fait
au lait
await
bait
Bering Strait
character trait
extrait
gait
krait
Kuwait
lie in wait
parfait
plait
portrait
rebait
self-portrait
strait
trait
wait

Synonyms and antonyms of groundbait in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «groundbait» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROUNDBAIT

Find out the translation of groundbait to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of groundbait from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «groundbait» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

groundbait
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engodo
570 millions of speakers

English

groundbait
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

groundbait
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

groundbait
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Прикормка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

groundbait
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

groundbait
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amorce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Groundbait
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grundfutter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

groundbait
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

groundbait
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Groundbait
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

groundbait
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

groundbait
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळमजला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oltası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pastura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zanęta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикормка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

groundbait
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

groundbait
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groundbait
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

groundbait
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

groundbait
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of groundbait

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUNDBAIT»

The term «groundbait» is regularly used and occupies the 75.164 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUNDBAIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «groundbait» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «groundbait» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about groundbait

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUNDBAIT»

Discover the use of groundbait in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to groundbait and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freshwater Fishing baits: Explained
It issimplydriedand ground fishoff cuts, bones andoffal. When usedina groundbait it is extremelyfineand almost no more than dust;it mixes upvery easily and releasesa large amountofscent. Whata fishmeal groundbait lacks isa “fizzing” action ...
John RS Allen, 2013
2
Notes on Fishing, and Selected Fishing Prose and Poetry
"Groundbait" is the name given to bread, cereal grains, kvas dregs,21 small worms, and generally any fish food that is thrown into the water. There are many sportsmen who have fished their entire lives without groundbaiting and even see no ...
Sergeĭ Timofeevich Aksakov, 1997
3
American Coarse Angling
The cloud created in the water by the dissolving crumb and other ingredients, incidentally, can make as great a contribution to one's angling success as the free food that the groundbait carries. Fish feel comfortable feeding in clouded water, ...
Brook Landis, 2007
4
Fishing For Dummies
Groundbait can be bought from any tackle shop in bags of dry powder sold by the kilo. The most basic kind is simply brown or white crumb, but various other groundbaits exist. Some smell sweet, others might turn your stomach, but they all  ...
Peter Kaminsky, 2012
5
A human dimensions approach towards sustainable recreational ...
Results Chemical composition ofgtoundbaits The chemical composition of a range of boilies, particles feed and commercial groundbait used in carp fishing revealed three distinct patterns (Table 2). First, conrrnercial readymade boilies and ...
Robert Arlinghaus, 2004
6
The Compleat Angler:
Izaak Walton. hardly part it with the fall. Your ground thus baited, and tackling fitted, leave your bag, with the restofyour tackling and groundbait, near the sportingplace all night; and in the morning, about three or four of the clock, visit the ...
Izaak Walton, 2014
7
The Complete Angler
The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653, but Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century.
Izaak Walton, 2013
8
The Complete Book of Fishing: A Guide to Freshwater ...
When you're fishing lor eoarse lish, one way to increase your success is by the careful use of groundbait. Unlike prebaiting - where you put bait into the swim hours, or even days, before you lish, so that the lish get used to the bait or to feeding ...
Albert Jules McClane, Keith Gardner, 1987
9
Sea Fishing Properly Explained
The groundbait bagattracts feeding fish to your hookbait. Jiggle the bag nowand again torelease minute juicy morsels into the current. Fish track the glorious scent for manymetres! Fishes' favourite groundbait dinner consists of about 85% ...
Ian Ball, 2013
10
Lüdeling, Anke; Kytö, Merja: Corpus Linguistics
A first observation is that different association measures will produce entirely different rankings of the collocates. For the MI measure, the top collocates are fourteenrecord, ten-record,full-track, single-record, randomize, galvanized, groundbait, ...
Anke Lüdeling, Merja Kytö, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUNDBAIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term groundbait is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Victorious Chadderton rod bags 110lb catch
Drawn on canal six, Jones used pellet over groundbait at just three metres to catch 110lb 2oz of carp and f1s. Steve Openshaw (Lingmere) was ... «Oldham Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Not everyone is enjoying thecurrent spell of hot weather
He had a big bream and a good net of skimmers taken on a groundbait feeder for 24lb 8oz. Runner-up was Phil Speakman from the Church ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
World champion angler wins at Lakeview Fishery
He fished maggot with milled expander groundbait for his net of commons, skimmers and F1s, catching down the track and across. «Melton Times, Jul 15»
4
Field and Stream - big chub wins Catch of the Month prize
Dean Walters drew opposite Dunch Mouth, and fished maggot and caster over groundbait to take second place with 10lb 5oz. Pete Tillsley was ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»
5
ANGLING: Parker on top as Quayside get season up and running
Steve fished the groundbait feeder and caught mainly hybrids, with a couple of bream and some skimmers. Second was Adrian Ward with 13lb ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Simon Easey captures best weight of the year at Westside Farm
Simon Godfrey, of Tackle & Bates, was second with 132-2 from peg 13, fishing maggots over groundbait to catch carp and barbel. And Pollard ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
7
A lucky Horseshoe for Josh at Decoy
... booking a place in the two-day £1,000 Grand Final bonanza was Mark Pollard from peg 25 with 159lb 2oz taken on maggot over groundbait. «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Neil is top rod at Newmillerdam
Winner Neil Mallinson (22lbs 10oz) caught on the groundbait feeder as did the the rest of the top three. Andy Beech (18lb 12oz) claimed ... «Wakefield Express, Jun 15»
9
Angling: Branston charity match raises £8000 for Cancer Research
... while in third place, David Webb had 11lbs 5oz, including a 3lbs bream along with roach and perch on pole with maggots over groundbait. «Burton Mail, Jun 15»
10
Super catches as Fenland fishing season off to great start
After a slow start sport soon picked up as the fish responded to his pellet fished shallow and then later he switched to paste over groundbait ... «Fenland Citizen, Jun 15»

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