Definition of "bite"
- verb
To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
To attack with the teeth.
To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
To have significant effect, often negative.
To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
To sting.
To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
To plagiarize, to imitate.
- noun
The act of biting.
The wound left behind after having been bitten.
The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
Something unpleasant.
An act of plagiarism.
A small meal or snack.
Aggression.
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