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bite English

Meaning bite meaning

What does bite mean?
Definitions in simple English

bite Verb

— If an insect bites someone, it puts a substance into your skin.

bite Noun

— One bite is the amount of food that can go in your mouth at one time. — An insect bite is the itchy mark on the skin of a person or animal where an insect has bitten them.

bite

— verb to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws Gunny invariably tried to bite her — verb (= sting, burn) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort The sun burned his face — verb penetrate or cut, as with a knife The fork bit into the surface — noun a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person — noun (= bit) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful all they had left was a bit of bread — noun a light informal meal — noun (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite — noun the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws — noun a portion removed from the whole the government's weekly bite from my paycheck — noun (= pungency) wit having a sharp and caustic quality he commented with typical pungency the bite of satire — noun (= pungency, 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 — noun (= sting) a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin — verb (= sting) deliver a sting to A bee stung my arm yesterday

Synonyms bite synonyms

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bite English » English

sting gnaw nibble chew nip morsel mouthful bit prick snap peck eat stab pinch snap at snack munch grip burn sharpness seize with teeth pungency piece cut wound stitch stick insect bite grind gnash crack chomp cause pain biting twinge tweak tidbit thrust taste strike scratch raciness pin down pierce mordacity hold in the mouth hold in mouth hold grip with teeth eat some

Topics bite topics

What do people use bite to talk about?
Daily life Food Eat

Bite, chew
Person Body Head

Tooth
Person Healthy

Injure
Person Healthy Injure

Poison

  • What words refer to an animal putting poison into a person?
    bite sting inject
Daily life Adornment

Care for the fingernails
States Quantity Whole, complete

Piece
Person Body Head

Mouth
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
States Quality Texture

Furrow

Conjugation bite conjugation

How do you conjugate bite?

bite · verb

Examples bite examples

How do I use bite in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tell her you like her. Don't be afraid. She won't bite you.
Tom took a tiny bite out of Mary's donut.
Bite me!
The tetanus shot hurt me more than the dog bite did.
Dogs bitten by other dogs also bite.
The puppy tried to bite my hand.
You're lucky because he didn't bite you.
Let's catch a quick bite.
When I bite down, this tooth hurts.
We are inclined to think that most dogs bite.
Can I have a bite?
The lion ate the rabbit in one bite.
I could not eat another bite.
Mayuko took a bite of my apple.
Barking dogs don't always bite.
Everything was allowed: You could kick, trip, hit, or bite your opponent.
Don't bite your nails.
If you bite at it, you're a fool.
The bear is quite tame and doesn't bite.
I must bite the sour apple.
Bite the bullet.
How about a bite?
Barking dogs seldom bite.
I have a bad bite.

Movie subtitles

Would you mind rubbing this bite stuff on me?
A bite to eat before our lecture?
All right, I'll bite.
Nobody's going to bite you.
His phooey is worse than his bite.
A wound on the throat, as from the bite of a cat or rat, is the mark of damnation.
The bite itself is hardly ever mortal.
The outcome of an anophelese bite.
And see that you don't break it, or I'll bite your head off.
Don't bite the job that feeds you.
I tell you, Julio, every time I think about her I want to bite myself, and that's news.
Don't you think it's serious when every time I think of her I wanna bite myself?
What do you want me to do, bite my nails?
If I don't get out of this house, I'll bite somebody.
So, Hubert, you want to bite the hand that fed you?
You want to bite the hand that fed you?
Sweet vampire bite.
All bark, no bite.
We'll find out soon enough if he knows his business. Well, don't bite my arm off.
Teeth that can bite. Claws that can rip.
How about a bite to eat?
Don't bite, all right?
I got a bite!
It might bite somebody.
Thank God for a bite to eat. Come along.
Ah, go bite your tongue off.
Lydia doesn't react to the bite.
The bite's not healing like it did with me. She's not a werewolf.
In season one, Scott thought that the bite was definitely a curse.
Because Lydia was immune to his werewolf bite, Peter knew that she was the only one that could bring him back from the dead.
Yair.bite!
If he knows I got 1,000 francs, he'll put the bite on me to pay all his debts, and I'll be broke again.
If I threw my arms round M Lepic, he'd think I was going to bite him.
I gotta make news if I have to bite a dog.
Now how about a bite of lunch?

News and current affairs

Unfortunately, thus far, there is no sign that the crisis countries, above all France, are ready to bite the bullet.
Still, Hong's formula is simple, and it starts to bite when earnings get really big.
The many financial and oil-related sanctions that have been implemented in recent months and years are starting to bite.
An autopsy showed that he had a bite mark.
The rhetoric and posturing, the lack of commitment to human rights or democratic processes, may be - and should be - upsetting, but there will be far more bark than bite.
These nets cover people while they sleep, and repel or kill the mosquitoes, which tend to bite during the night.
With a little research, she would have discovered that male mosquitoes do not bite, and that the released mosquitoes (all male) die in the absence of their specially supplemented diet.
It is important to remember: those who were responsible for taking the British Marines captive wanted an escalation of the confrontation, both to improve their domestic standing, and to punch back for sanctions that were beginning to bite.
That is not an analysis; it is a sound bite.
Once these sanctions begin to bite, no one can say who will be hurt - or how badly.
This unique arrangement soon will be tested as the reforms begin to bite, and the outcome could have important and lasting consequences for efforts to implement structural reforms elsewhere around the world.
Along with its empty threats of interest rate hikes, there is a real danger the ECB will be labeled the central bank that barks but doesn't bite (animal behaviorists know that barking and biting are substitutes, not complements).
Similarly, in the United Kingdom, the BBC retains its credibility because it can bite the government hand that feeds it.
They are managed by equally professional press handlers, masters of spin and the television sound bite.
Using climate policy to discipline these industries would help rebalance the economy while taking a bite out of China's emissions.
Consumers are hurting worldwide, especially the poor, for whom food takes a major bite out of household budgets.
Loss of credibility, if it comes, can bite hard and fast.
Indeed, I consider the EFSF to be a stopgap measure while we remedy the fundamental shortcomings of the Stability and Growth Pact, whose fiscal rules lack both substantive and formal bite.
Indeed, local governments appear less afraid of Beijing's bite than before.
After Iran or Saudi Arabia, Malaysia's Sharia court system is probably the most extensive in the Muslim world, and the accompanying bureaucracy is not only big but has more bite than the national parliament.
Today, as low oil prices and Western sanctions bite, he is making them poor and nearly universally despised.
The bite in his comment is justified.
The message conveyed by the pope and by the religious leaders with whom he met defied the contemporary assumption that the public cannot understand anything longer or more complicated than a sound bite.
First, the sanctions imposed so far - visa cancellations, asset seizures or freezes, and the like - will not give Sevastopol back to Ukraine, but they will eventually bite, at least in certain Russian business sectors.
There is, of course, another explanation of why Putin's popularity is still growing in the face of a worsening economy: those unable to fend for themselves naturally look to the state for help - and are hardly likely to bite the hand feeds them.

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