bite /bīt/

1. To seize or tear with the teeth
2. To puncture with the mouthparts, as an insect does
3. To cut or penetrate
4. To eat into chemically
5. To smart or cause to smart
6. To take effect
7. To grip, to take firm hold (of)
8. To deceive, take in (now only in passive)
9. To accept something offered as bait (also figurative)
10. To speak harshly against (archaic)

1. A grasp by the teeth
2. The manner or configuration in which the teeth come together
3. A puncture by an insect
4. The wound or sore caused by this
5. A nibble at the bait (angling)
6. Something bitten off
7. A mouthful
8. A snack
9. Biting quality
10. Grip
11. Pungency
12. Incisiveness
13. Corroding action
14. A playful imposition, a swindling (obs sl)

bītˈer noun

1. A person or thing that bites
2. An animal with a habit of biting
3. A fish apt to take the bait
4. A cheat (obsolete except in the biter bit the cheater cheated; the wrongdoer paid back)

biteˈsize adjective

(of food) small enough to be eaten in one bite

bitˈing noun

The action of the verb

1. Which bites
2. Sharp, cold
3. Sarcastic

bīting louse noun

A bird-louse

biting midge noun

A tiny fly which feeds on the blood of people and animals

bite and (or or) sup

Something to eat and (or) drink

bite back

To refrain from saying

bite in (etching)

To eat out the lines of with acid

bite off more than one can chew

1. To overestimate one's capacities
2. To undertake something one cannot achieve

bite one's lip

To restrain one's anger or mirth

bite someone's head off

To speak to someone unnecessarily angrily

bite (or bite on) the bullet

1. To submit bravely to something unpleasant
2. To face up to an unpalatable fact or situation

bite the dust

1. To fall down dead
2. (of plans, etc) to come to nothing

bite the hand that feeds one

To show ingratitude, often with the likely result of losing the help one is receiving

bite the thumb (obsolete)

To express defiance by knocking the thumb-nail against the teeth

bitten off

Abruptly cut short

once bitten, twice shy

A bad experience makes one cautious on a second occasion

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