bite

Definitions of bite in various dictionaries:

noun - a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

noun - a small amount of solid food

noun - a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

noun - a light informal meal

noun - (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait

noun - wit having a sharp and caustic quality

noun - a strong odor or taste property

noun - the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

noun - a portion removed from the whole

verb - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

verb - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

verb - penetrate or cut, as with a knife

verb - deliver a sting to

To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.

To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.

To sting with a stinger.

To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument: The sword bit straight through the wooden shield.

To grip, grab, or seize: bald treads that couldn’t bite the icy road; bitten by a sudden desire to travel.

To eat into; corrode.

To cause to sting or be painful: cold that bites the skin; a conscience bitten by remorse.

To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.

To have a stinging effect.

To have a sharp taste.

To take or swallow bait.

To be taken in by a ploy or deception: tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.

The act of biting.

A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal’s teeth or mouthparts: the bite of an insect.

A stinging or smarting sensation.

An incisive, penetrating quality: the bite of satire.

An amount removed by or as if by an act of biting: Rezoning took a bite out of the town’s residential area.

An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.

A light meal or snack.

The act or an instance of taking bait: fished all day without a bite; an ad that got a few bites but no final sales.

A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.

The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.

The angle at which the upper and lower teeth meet; occlusion.

The corrosive action of acid upon an etcher’s metal plate.

An amount of money appropriated or withheld: trying to avoid the tax bite.

To fall dead, especially in combat.

To be defeated.

The central meaning shared by these verb s is “to seize and tear or grind something with the teeth”: bite into a ripe tomato; horses champing grain; a dog gnawing a bone.

adj - to seize with the teeth [v BIT, BITTEN, BITING, BITES] : BITEABLE

BITE - Biting is a common behavior which involves the opening and closing of the jaw found in many animals. This behavior is found in reptiles, mammals, fis...