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. (noun)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"