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bite
has definitions from the fields of biology,food,medicine,psychology
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[ verb ] to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
Synonyms Examples "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)If he bites a playmate she says , `` Danny won't like you '' . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His unsuccessful strivings to give_up drink are represented as religious strivings ; he keeps a bottle in a wardrobe at home , and `` before this wardrobe Praisegod_Piepsam had before now gone literally on his knees , and in his wrestlings had bitten his tongue - and still in_the_end capitulated '' . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)`` While Henry_Morgan was escorting Miss_Vera_Green from the church social last Saturday night , a savage dog attacked them and bit Mr._Morgan on the public_square '' . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)She was biting into a small red radish ; and that action always caused her to lift her lip from the sting of the thing . She would try to see over the bulge of her cheeks and somewhat under her teeth to the place where she was biting . |
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[ verb ] penetrate or cut, as with a knife
Examples "The fork bit into the surface" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Curt twisted to one side , and the tines of the fork bit into the floor . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He found tepid water in a pitcher and a last bit of soap , and he lathered his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad leather belt , its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost . |
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[ noun ] a portion removed from the whole
Examples "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin
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[ noun ] (food) a light informal meal
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