Definitions of BITE [ɪt]

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Definition of 'BITE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) bite
to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth.

2.  bite
to sever with the teeth (often fol. by off).

3.  bite
to grip with the teeth.

4.  bite
to sting, as an insect.

5.  bite
to cause to sting:
faces bitten by the icy wind.

6.  bite
Informal.

7.  bite
to cheat; deceive:
bitten in a mail-order swindle.

8.  bite
to annoy or upset:
What's biting you?

9.  bite
to eat into; corrode.

10.  bite
to cut or pierce with or as if with a weapon.

11.  bite
to take firm hold of:
a clamp to bite the wood.

12.  bite
to make an impression on; affect.

13. (v.i.) bite
to press the teeth into something; attack with the jaws, bill, sting, etc.

14.  bite
(of fish) to take the bait.

15.  bite
to accept a deceptive offer or suggestion.

16.  bite
to take a firm hold.

17. (n.) bite
the act of biting.

18.  bite
a wound made by biting.

19.  bite
a cutting, stinging, or nipping effect.

20.  bite
a piece bitten off.

21.  bite
a small meal.

22.  bite
a morsel of food.

23.  bite
an exacted portion:
the tax bite.

24.  bite
the occlusion of the teeth.

25.  bite
a short excerpt, fragment, or bit:
a visual bite from a film; word bites from poems.

26.  bite
the catch or hold that one object or one part of a mechanical apparatus has on another.

27.  bite
a surface brought into contact to obtain a hold or grip, as in a lathe chuck.

28.  bite
sharpness; incisiveness.

29.  bite
the roughness of the surface of a file.

30.  bite
bite off more than one can chew, to attempt something that exceeds one's capacity.

31.  bite
bite one's lip or tongue, to repress one's anger or other emotions.

32.  bite
bite someone's head off, to respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment.

33.  bite
bite the hand that feeds one, to repay kindness with malice or injury.

34.  bite
Slang. to try to borrow or extort money from.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, OE bītan; c. OHG bīzan, Go beitan; akin to L findere to split)

Definition of 'BITE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bite
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

2. (noun) morsel, bit, bite
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
"all they had left was a bit of bread"

3. (noun) sting, bite, insect bite
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

4. (noun) bite, collation, snack
a light informal meal

5. (noun) bite
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
"after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"

6. (noun) pungency, bite
wit having a sharp and caustic quality
"he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"

7. (noun) pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness
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"

8. (noun) bite, chomp
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

9. (verb) bite
a portion removed from the whole
"the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

10. (verb) bite, seize with teeth
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
"Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

11. (verb) bite, sting, burn
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
"The sun burned his face"

12. (verb) bite
penetrate or cut, as with a knife
"The fork bit into the surface"

13. (verb) sting, bite, prick
deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"

Definition of 'BITE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) bite
to cut with your teeth
to bite into an apple; cats scratching and biting each other; He bit off a piece of the bread.

2.  bite
(of insects) to draw blood leaving a raised spot on the skin
Mosquitoes were biting us.; Do spiders bite?

3.  bite
bite the bullet
to decide to do sth difficult
He finally bit the bullet and admitted his mistake.

4.  bite
bite sb's head off
to suddenly and angrily criticize
I asked her, and she bit my head off.

5. (noun) bite
a mouthful of food
He spit out his food after one bite.; a bite-sized piece; Ben took a huge bite out of the sandwich.

6.  bite
take a bite (out of sth)
a mark where an animal or an insect bites you
a mosquito bite

7.  bite
a bite (to eat)
a small meal
We went out for a bite to eat.; I usually grab a bite on my way home from work.

Definition of 'BITE'

Webster Dictionary

1.  BITE
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

2.  BITE
the act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects

3.  BITE
the wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito

4.  BITE
a morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting

5.  BITE
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

6.  BITE
a cheat; a trick; a fraud

7.  BITE
a sharper; one who cheats

8.  BITE
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

9. (verb) BITE
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

10. (verb) BITE
to puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food

11. (verb) BITE
to cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth

12. (verb) BITE
to cheat; to trick; to take in

13. (verb) BITE
to take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground

14. (verb) BITE
to seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

15. (verb) BITE
to cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard

16. (verb) BITE
to cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing

17. (verb) BITE
to take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer

18. (verb) BITE
to take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites

Translation of 'BITE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.
Afrikaans: byt	Arabic: يَعُضُّ	Bulgarian: захапвам, ухапвам
Brazilian: morder	Czech: (po)kousat, (po)štípat	German: bißen
Danish: bide	Greek: δαγκώνω, τσιμπώ	Spanish: morder, picar (pez, et
Estonian: hammustama	Farsi: گاز گرفتن؛ نیش زدن	Finnish: puraista
French: mordre, piquer	Hebrew: לִנְשוֹך, לִנְגוֹס	Hindi: काटना
Croatian: ugristi	Hungarian: (meg)harap, (meg)mar	Indonesian: menggigit
Icelandic: bíta	Italian: mordere; pungere	Japanese: かむ
Korean: 물다, 깨물다	Lithuanian: (į)kąsti	Malay: gigit
Dutch: bijten	Norwegian: bite	Polish: gryźć
Persian: گاز گرفتن؛ نیش زدن	Pashto: چيچل، خوله لګول: چيچل (لك	Portuguese: morder
Romanian: a muşca; a înţepa	Russian: кусать	Slovak: pohrýzť, poštípať
Slovenian: ugrizniti, pičiti	Serbian: zagristi	Swedish: bita
Thai: กัด	Turkish: ısırmak	Taiwanese: 咬
Ukrainian: кусати(ся); жалити	Urdu: کاٹنا	Vietnamese: cắn; châm đốt
Chinese: 咬
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