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Bite   /baɪt/   Listen
Bite

noun
1.
A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person.
2.
A small amount of solid food; a mouthful.  Synonyms: bit, morsel.
3.
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.  Synonyms: insect bite, sting.
4.
A light informal meal.  Synonyms: collation, snack.
5.
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait.
6.
Wit having a sharp and caustic quality.  Synonym: pungency.  "The bite of satire"
7.
A strong odor or taste property.  Synonyms: pungency, raciness, sharpness.  "The sulfurous bite of garlic" , "The sharpness of strange spices" , "The raciness of the wine"
8.
The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.  Synonym: chomp.
9.
A portion removed from the whole.
verb
(past bit; past part. bitten; pres. part. biting)
1.
To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws.  Synonym: seize with teeth.
2.
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.  Synonyms: burn, sting.
3.
Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.
4.
Deliver a sting to.  Synonyms: prick, sting.



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"Bite" Quotes from Famous Books



... cure them, are his symbol for the recalcitrant Donatists. The little donkeys, obstinate and cunning, that trot in the narrow lanes of Algerian casbahs, appear here and there in his sermons. The gnats bite in them. The unendurable flies plaster themselves in buzzing patches on the tables and walls. Then there are the illnesses and drugs of that country: the ophthalmias and collyrium. What else? The tarentulas that run along ...
— Saint Augustin • Louis Bertrand
... to cut them too short, though, if they are left too long, they will frequently get torn and broken. They should be nicely rounded at the corners. Recollect the filbert-shaped nail is considered the most beautiful. Never bite the nails; it not only is a most disagreeable habit, but tends to make the nails jagged, deformed and difficult to clean, besides gives a red and stumpy appearance to ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young
... hand or rub up against his knees. It was amusing to Donald to watch these dogs dash after the sheep and drive them into the pens. Sometimes they leaped on the backs of the herd and ran the entire length of the line until they reached the ones at the front. They then proceeded to bite the necks of these leaders until they turned them in the desired direction. This done, the collies would run back and by nipping the heels of the sheep at the rear they would compel them to follow where they ...
— The Story of Wool • Sara Ware Bassett
... when the captain came in unexpectedly a few minutes later, and with the most gratifying results. He obtained consent to go with a plain-clothes man to a nearby restaurant for a "bite to eat." In the meantime he was to send a messenger boy with a note to an influential friend in Brooklyn, requesting him to hurry over and give security for their appearance. If this failed, they were to go to a hotel ...
— Nedra • George Barr McCutcheon
... sleep, but the jolting made me bite my tongue, and I soon began to ache all over. When the straw settled down I had a hard bed. Cautiously I slipped from under the buffalo hide, got up on my knees and peered over the side of the wagon. There ...
— My Antonia • Willa Sibert Cather


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