1. (noun)bite a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2. (noun)morsel, bit, bite a smallamount 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 fishtaking the bait "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
6. (noun)pungency, bite wit having a sharp and causticquality "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
7. (noun)pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness a strong odor or tasteproperty "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"
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"
Definitions of 'BITE'
Webster 1913 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
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 takingfood
11. (verb)BITE to causesharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth