'Bite' definitions:

Definition of 'bite'

From: WordNet
noun
A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
noun
A small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite]
noun
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite]
noun
A light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack]
noun
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
noun
Wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency, bite]
noun
A strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness]
noun
The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws [syn: bite, chomp]
noun
A portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
verb
To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" [syn: bite, seize with teeth]
verb
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn]
verb
Penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
verb
Deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, bite, prick]

Definition of 'Bite'

From: GCIDE
  • Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p. Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE. biten, AS. b[imac]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[imac]tan, OHG. b[imac]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[imac]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground. [1913 Webster]
  • The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
  • To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid.
  • To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you bite your thumb at us?" --Shak.
  • To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bite'

From: GCIDE
  • Bite \Bite\, n. [OE. bite, bit, bitt, AS. bite bite, fr. b[imac]tan to bite, akin to Icel. bit, OS. biti, G. biss. See Bite, v., and cf. Bit.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching. --Humorist. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Print.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bite'

From: GCIDE
  • Bite \Bite\, v. i.
  • 1. To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite? [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. [1913 Webster]
  • At the last it [wine] biteth like serpent, and stingeth like an adder. --Prov. xxiii. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bite'

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Words containing 'Bite'