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1 PHRASAL VERB If you bail someone out , you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money. □ [V n P + of ] They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump. [Also V n P ]

2 → see also bailout

3 PHRASAL VERB If you bail someone out , you pay bail on their behalf. □ [V n P ] He has been jailed eight times. Each time, friends bailed him out. [Also V P n]

4 PHRASAL VERB If a pilot bails out of an aircraft that is crashing, he or she jumps from it, using a parachute to land safely. □ [V P + of ] Reid was forced to bail out of the crippled aircraft. □ [V P ] The pilot bailed out safely.

5 → see bail 5

bail|iff /be I l I f/ (bailiffs )

1 N‑COUNT A bailiff is a law officer who makes sure that the decisions of a court are obeyed. Bailiffs can take a person's furniture or possessions away if the person owes money. [BRIT ]

2 N‑COUNT A bailiff is an official in a court of law who deals with tasks such as keeping control in court. [AM ]

3 N‑COUNT A bailiff is a person who is employed to look after land or property for the owner. [BRIT ]

bail|out /be I laʊt/ (bailouts ) N‑COUNT A bailout of an organization or individual that has financial problems is the act of helping them by giving them money. [BUSINESS ] □ [+ of ] …one of the biggest government bailouts of a private company in years.

bairn /beə ^r n/ (bairns ) N‑COUNT A bairn is a child. [SCOTTISH ] □  He's a lovely bairn.

bait /be I t/ (baits , baiting , baited )

1 N‑VAR Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.

2 VERB If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. □ [V n + with ] He baited his hook with pie. □ [V n] The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.

3 N‑VAR [oft a N ] To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something. □  Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure drivers into the restaurants and other facilities. □  Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.

4 VERB If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them. □ [V n] He delighted in baiting his mother.

5 PHRASE If you take the bait , you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English. □  When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait.

-baiting /-be I t I ŋ/

1 COMB You use -baiting after nouns to refer to the activity of attacking a particular group of people or laughing at their beliefs.

2 COMB Badger -baiting , bear -baiting , and bull -baiting involve making these animals fight dogs, while not allowing the animals to defend themselves properly.

baize /be I z/ N‑UNCOUNT Baize is a thick woollen material which is used for covering tables on which games such as cards and snooker are played.

bake ◆◇◇ /be I k/ (bakes , baking , baked )

1 VERB If you bake , you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven. □ [V ] I love to bake. ●  bak|ing N‑UNCOUNT [oft the N ] □  On a Thursday she used to do all the baking.

2 VERB When a cake or bread bakes or when you bake it, it cooks in the oven without any extra liquid or fat. □ [V n] Bake the cake for 35 to 50 minutes. □ [V ] The batter rises as it bakes. □ [V -ed] …freshly baked bread.

3 VERB If places or people become extremely hot because the sun is shining very strongly, you can say that they bake . □ [V ] If you closed the windows, you baked. □ [V ] Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave.

4 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A vegetable or fish bake is a dish that is made by chopping up and mixing together a number of ingredients and cooking them in the oven so that they form a fairly dry solid mass. [BRIT ] □  …an aubergine bake.