Bite
Definitions
- Acronym of behavior, information, thoughts, emotions (“four aspects of people's lives that a cult attempts to control”).
- 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.
- incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- Aggression.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
- A sharper; one who cheats.
- A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- Ellipsis of sound bite.
- The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of Bite.
Equivalents
69 more languages
Afrikaansbyt
Azərbaycan dilidişləmək
Беларускаякусаць
বাংলাকামড়ানো
Gaeilgebain greim as
GalegoadentarbicochancharchanchoChantadamordeduramordermordidapetiscopicadapicartrabadatrabartrincartriscar
ગુજરાતીકોળિયો
Íslenskabita
Қазақ тілітістеу
Lingálaswa
Lietuviųkasti
മലയാളംകടി
Bahasa Melayugigit
မြန်မာကိုက်
नेपालीटोक्नु
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਬੁਰਕੀ
Polskichwycićchwytaćgryźćkąsaćkąsekkęskupowaćodgryzaćodgryźćugryźćugryzienieukąsićukąszenieużądlićżądlićzgryźliwość
Русскийгрызтьжалитьклеватьклюнутькупи́тьсякусатькусокоткуситьоткусыватьпопастьсяужалитьукусукуситьхватать
Soomaaliqaniin
Shqipkafshoj
Тоҷикӣгазидан
ไทยกัด
Türkmençedişlemek
Tagalogkagat
اردونوالہ
Tiếng Việtcan
Examples
“[…]I have⟳ knowne a very good Fiſher angle diligently four or ſix hours in a day, for three or four dayes together for a River Carp, and not have⟳ a bite⟳[…]”
“Now trust⟳ me when I tell⟳ you, young lady, teeth are something you want⟳ to take⟳ care of. They’re these rare white things that give⟳ us pleasure throughout our life. And give⟳ us bite⟳. Our inheritance. Our means of survival. Our right to rule⟳. Their enamel is the front line. And that line needs to be won every day.”
“That snake bite⟳ really hurts!”
“After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.”
“There were only a few bites left on the plate.”
“Not a soul in Corlaix will dare give⟳ us bite⟳, sup, or shelter⟳; and we shall die⟳ starved in a ditch, all four of us—that much we are our own⟳, but in all else we are Monseigneur’s; all else, I say⟳, all—all.”
“In February of this year, 9to5 was forced to lay⟳ off four of its paid staff, and began to feel⟳ the bite⟳ of its high-rent downtown office space.”
“That song is a bite⟳ of my song!”
“a bite⟳ to eat⟳”
“I'll have⟳ a quick bite⟳ to quiet my stomach until dinner.”
“Wilma, I promise⟳ you one thing. Whatever scum is behind this, not a single cop on this police force⟳ will have⟳ a minute's rest⟳ until he's behind bars. Now let's grab⟳ a bite⟳ to eat⟳.”
“Would I take⟳ someone here for a first date⟳? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite⟳? Also no...”
“Kathy Santen is full of bite⟳ as the bizarrely seduced Lady Anne, although her exaggerated diction is a bit too snappishly Shakespearean.”
“In Tarabai’s text this exposure is direct⟳, unusually blunt, full of bite⟳ and ridicule, and highly polemical.”
“City scored the goals but periods of ball possession were shared - the difference being Villa lacked bite⟳ in the opposition final third.”
“The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite⟳, by deceiving and overreaching.”
“[I]t was conjectured, that Peregrine was a bite⟳ from the beginning, who had found credit on account of his effrontery and appearance, and impoſed himſelf upon the town as a young gentleman of fortune.”
“So he went home cursing the Yorkshire bites, and swearing there was no living among them […]”
“I know⟳ three Americans who are running a bar. The cops come⟳ in all the time for a bite⟳.”
“cold open⟳: Starting a TV newscast with video or a bite⟳ from the lead⟳ story rather than starting with the anchor or the standard show⟳ open⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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