to bite
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1.0
- verb
- /baɪt/
:
morder
- If he bites you, you get rabies and you die.
- dogs that bite
- mosquitoes that bite
- insects that bite
Yeah, I had my dad get bit by a dog cop.
- Yeah, I had my dad get bit by a dog cop.
- I smoked a lot, you know, I was biting my nails.
- That's like I bit my tongue last couple of plays.
- It looks so pretty I almost don't want to bite it but I'm curious.
- Does it still count if they bite you with gums?
- We'd throw snowballs and she'd bite them, things like that.
- It's good, but if I bite it, I will not have a tooth.
- So when I bite my nails, I don't bite my nails because I'm anxious.
- You can't bite rocks or you get broke teeth.
- Do you haul a rattlesnake into court for biting an animal and killing it?
- And Isaac was bite the back of your hand, handsome.
Examples
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I knew this would come back to bite me.
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Typically, the vampire looms over the victim dramatically, then bites into the neck to suck blood.
Academic text (1990) -
Or it will bite you in the ass.
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If you even try, I will bite your finger off.
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His mouth closed when he bit one of the fingers on his left hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
The child was referred for problem behaviors, including biting teachers and hitting other children.
Academic text (2013) -
She bit our mailman in the leg.
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Something bit me.
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According to the report, some new kind of lizard is biting children on the coast.
Fiction book (1990) -
The dog growled and tried to bite the stranger who approached its owner.
Synonyms
55
4.6
To pinch quickly with fingers or teeth
49
1.4
To eat a small piece of food or reduce something a little
30
3.2
Bite or chew something again and again to make it smaller
22
4.3
Bite quickly with a short, sharp movement of the mouth
12
3.2
A small, gentle bite often made carefully by an animal or person
To bite or chew something many times until it wears away
To chew food with the teeth
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
6.1
Stop yourself from saying something you want to say because it would be rude
- Informal
Pressing your lips together to keep from laughing or saying something
- Informal
To finish a very large task by doing small easy steps
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
53
4.0
A short part of a recorded statement on radio or television, often by a politician
- Specialized
1
6.3
A small removable piece of plastic that fits on the roof of the mouth to help the teeth or jaw
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bite the verb comes from an old English word bītan that means 'to cut with the teeth'. So to 'bite' is to use your teeth to grip, cut, or wound, just as the root shows.