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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



... jargon must go. It is not the people's dish. With foggy phrases that no one really understands they are trying to incite the hand worker to bite off the head of the brain worker. When employer and employee sit together at the council table, let the facts be served in such simple words that we can all get our ...
— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis
... it was wrong to complain, but the horse they gave me was the meanest horse in the regiment. He would bite and kick the other horses, and they would kick back, and about half the time I was dodging the heels of horses, and a good deal of the time I was wondering if a man would get any pension if he was wounded that way. It would seem pretty tough to go home on ...
— How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion - or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 • George W. Peck
... it's a flea," said the dog and rubbed himself. "One can never get rid of them. Does it hop all over you? And bite you?" ...
— The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories • Carl Ewald
... possessions of their allies; they cannot touch them, however anxious they may be to do so. From Antwerp to Rotterdam is but a step, and that by the way of the Scheldt and the Meuse. If they wish to make a bite at the Spanish cake, you, sire, the son-in-law of the king of Spain, could with your cavalry sweep the earth from your dominions to Brussels in a couple of days. Their design is, therefore, only to ...
— Louise de la Valliere • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... by the grasp of Sennacherib's hand. But little troubles as well as great ones are best dealt with by being 'spread before the Lord.' Whatever is important enough to disturb me is important enough for me to speak to God about it. Whether the poison inflaming our blood be from a gnat's bite, or a cobra's sting, the best ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah and Jeremiah • Alexander Maclaren


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