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.
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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1. To cut or hold with the teeth. 2. A wound made with the teeth. 3. Puncture of the skin made by an insect. 4. In dentistry the bite is the force with which the jaws may be closed in the crushing of food.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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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Seizure by the teeth or mouth; a wound made by the teeth: a mouthful: a cheat; a trick; a part of the impression which is improperly printed, owing to the frisket not being sufficiently cut away.
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To break, crush, or seize with the teeth; to pinch or pain, as with cold; to make the mouth smart; to pierce, cut, or wound; to wound with reproach or sarcasm: to cheat; to trick; to enter the ground and hold fast, as an anchor; to take hold as a screw; to eat into, as an acid.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To tear; to pierce; to break or crush with the teeth; to pinch with cold; to reproach by stinging words; to pain or wound.
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The seizure of anything by the teeth; wound made by the teeth; a morsel; a mouthful.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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