BITE
\bˈa͡ɪt], \bˈaɪt], \b_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of BITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
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to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
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penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
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a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
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wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
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(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
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a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
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deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
By Princeton University
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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
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a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin
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to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
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penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
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To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.
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To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
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To cheat; to trick; to take in.
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To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
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To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?
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To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.
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To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
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To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.
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To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.
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The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.
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The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.
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The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
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A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
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The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
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A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
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A sharper; one who cheats.
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A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
By Oddity Software
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To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
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To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.
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To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
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To cheat; to trick; to take in.
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To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
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To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?
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To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.
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To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
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To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.
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To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.
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The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.
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The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.
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The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
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A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
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The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
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A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
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A sharper; one who cheats.
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A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
By Noah Webster.
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To seize, grip, cut, or crush with the teeth; sting, as an insect; cause smarting pain to; cut; pinch, as with intense cold; blight or blast; take fast hold of; to eat into.
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To have the habit or exercise the power of biting; cause injury with the teeth; to sting or smart; take a bait; take a firm hold.
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The act of seizing with the teeth; a wound made by the teeth, or by a sting; a mouthful; a hold or grip.
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Biter.
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Bit.
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Bitten, bit.
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Biting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Biting.
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To seize or tear with the teeth: to sting or pain: to wound by reproach:-pa.t. bit: pa.p. bit or bitten.
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A grasp by the teeth: something Bitten off: a mouthful.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of biting; something bitten; wound made by biting.
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Bit or bitten.
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To tear or seize with the teeth; to wound or pain.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To seize, cut, grind, or tear with the teeth; cause to grip; take hold of; act upon; smart; sting; corrode.
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The act of biting, or the hurt inflicted by biting; a morsel of food.
By James Champlin Fernald
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