bite

A2
Pronunciation
/bʌɪt/
/baɪt/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of biting.

2 Definition

The wound left behind after having been bitten.

Example Sentences
  • That snake bite really hurts!
3 Definition

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Example Sentences
  • After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
4 Definition

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

Example Sentences
  • There were only a few bites left on the plate.
5 Definition

Something unpleasant.

Example Sentences
  • That's really a bite!
6 Definition

An act of plagiarism.

Example Sentences
  • That song is a bite of my song!
7 Definition

A small meal or snack.

Example Sentences
  • I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
8 Definition

Aggression

9 Definition

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.

10 Definition

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

11 Definition

A sharper; one who cheats.

12 Definition

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.

13 Definition

A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.

Verb
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

Example Sentences
  • As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
2 Definition

To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

3 Definition

To attack with the teeth.

Example Sentences
  • That dog is about to bite!
4 Definition

To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

Example Sentences
  • If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
5 Definition

To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

Example Sentences
  • I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
6 Definition

To have significant effect, often negative.

Example Sentences
  • For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
7 Definition

(of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

Example Sentences
  • Are the fish biting today?
8 Definition

To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Example Sentences
  • I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
9 Definition

(of an insect) To sting.

Example Sentences
  • These mosquitoes are really biting today!
10 Definition

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

Example Sentences
  • It bites like pepper or mustard.
11 Definition

(sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

Example Sentences
  • Pepper bites the mouth.
12 Definition

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

13 Definition

To take or keep a firm hold.

Example Sentences
  • The anchor bites.
14 Definition

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

Example Sentences
  • The anchor bites the ground.
15 Definition

To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

Example Sentences
  • This music really bites.
16 Definition

To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

Example Sentences
  • You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.
17 Definition

To plagiarize, to imitate.

Example Sentences
  • He always be biting my moves.
18 Definition

To deceive or defraud; to take in.