English to English noun
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a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person | | source: wordnet30
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a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | | Example: all they had left was a bit of bread
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a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | | source: wordnet30
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a light informal meal | | source: wordnet30
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(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait | | Example: after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite
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wit having a sharp and caustic quality | | Example: he commented with typical pungency the bite of satire
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a strong odor or taste property | | Example: the pungency of mustard the sulfurous bite of garlic the sharpness of strange spices the raciness of the wine
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the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | | source: wordnet30
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a portion removed from the whole | | Example: the government's weekly bite from my paycheck
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws | | Example: Gunny invariably tried to bite her
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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | | Example: The sun burned his face
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penetrate or cut, as with a knife | | Example: The fork bit into the surface
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deliver a sting to | | Example: A bee stung my arm yesterday
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite? | | source: webster1913
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