What does biting mean?
Definitions for biting
ˈbaɪ tɪŋbit·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordaciousadjective
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
biting, bitteradjective
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
"bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
Wiktionary
bitingnoun
The action of the verb to bite.
bitingnoun
An occurrence of a bite.
bitingadjective
Causing a stinging sensation.
a biting wind
bitingadjective
Cutting or incisive.
a biting criticism
bitingadjective
Tending to bite.
a biting insect
Wikipedia
Biting
Biting is a common zoological behavior involving the active, rapid closing of the jaw around an object. This behavior is found in toothed animals such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, but can also exist in arthropods. Myocytic contraction of the muscles of mastication is responsible for generating the force that initiates the preparatory jaw abduction (opening), then rapidly adducts (closes) the jaw and moves the top and bottom teeth towards each other, resulting in the forceful action of a bite.Biting is one of the main functions in most macro-organisms' life, providing them the ability to forage, hunt, eat, build, play, fight and protect, and much more. Biting may be a form of physical aggression due to predatory or territorial intentions, but can also be a normal activity of an animal as it eats, carries objects, softens and prepares food for its young, removes ectoparasites or irritating foreign objects (e.g. burred plant seeds) from body surface, scratches itself, and grooms other animals. Animal bites often result in serious punctures, avulsions, fractures, hemorrhages, infections, envenomation and death. In modern human societies, dog bites are the most common types, with children the most common victims and faces the most common targets. Other species that can exhibit such behavior towards human are typically aggressive urban animals such as feral cats, spiders and snakes, micropredators such as vampire bats and hematophagic arachnids (e.g. mosquitoes, fleas, lice, bedbugs and ticks, whose "bites" are actually a form of sting-like puncture rather than true biting), or dangerous wild carnivores such as wolves, big cats, bears, crocodilians and predatory fishes (e.g. sharks, barracudas and piranhas).
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biting
Biting is the act of using teeth to cut, pierce, or grip something, often in order to eat, defend oneself, or otherwise cause injury or damage. This action is typically performed by animals, but also applies to humans. it can further refer to the effectiveness or incisiveness of comments or actions.
Webster Dictionary
Biting
of Bite
Bitingadjective
that bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of biting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of biting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of biting in a Sentence
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
This was a bitter defeat for Ayatollah Rafsanjani. It demonstrated the biting reality that Rafsanjani is no longer a pillar of the Islamic Republic to powerful hardliners, even though he is still very influential.
Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.
He was seen as a handsome, charismatic, open and energetic man. An artistic orator with a biting tongue ... And of course Boris will be missed like spice, which in small doses can give a rich taste.
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- хаплив, щипещ, лют, ухапване, остър, хапанеBulgarian
- sgaiteachScottish Gaelic
- csípősHungarian
- bersandingIndonesian
- pișcător, tăiosRomanian
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