bite

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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.

2. 2transitive verb

   To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

3. 3transitive verb

   To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

4. 4transitive verb

   To cheat; to trick; to take in.

5. 5transitive verb

   To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

7. 7intransitive verb

   To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

11. 11verb

    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.

12. 12verb

    The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.

13. 13verb

    The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

14. 14verb

    A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

15. 15verb

    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.

16. 16verb

    A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

17. 17verb

    A sharper; one who cheats.

18. 18verb

    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.

19. 19noun

    a portion removed from the whole

    "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

20. 20noun

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

    Synonyms

    chomp
21. 21noun

    a strong odor or taste property

    "the pungency of mustard"

    "the sulfurous bite of garlic"

    Synonyms

    pungencyracinesssharpness
22. 22noun

    wit having a sharp and caustic quality

    "he commented with typical pungency"

    "the bite of satire"

    Synonyms

    pungency
23. 23noun

    (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait

    "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"

24. 24noun

    a light informal meal

    Synonyms

    collationsnack
25. 25noun

    a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

    "all they had left was a bit of bread"

    Synonyms

    bitmorsel
26. 26noun

    a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

27. 27noun

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

    Synonyms

    sting
28. 28verb

    penetrate or cut, as with a knife

    "The fork bit into the surface"

29. 29verb

    deliver a sting to

    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

    Synonyms

    pricksting
30. 30verb

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

    "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

31. 31verb

    cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

    "The sun burned his face"

    Synonyms

    burnsting