bite

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cut]] into something by [[clamp]]ing the [[tooth|teeth]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hold]] something by clamping one's teeth.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[attack]] with the teeth.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|negative polarity}} To [[behave]] [[aggressive]]ly; to [[reject]] [[advance]]s.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[take hold]]; to [[establish]] [[firm]] [[contact]] with.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To have [[significant]] [[effect]], often [[negative]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|of a fish}} To bite a [[bait]]ed [[hook]] or other [[lure]] and thus be [[catch|caught]].
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|metaphor}} To [[accept]] something [[offer]]ed, often [[secret]]ly or [[deceptive]]ly, to cause some [[action]] by the [[acceptor]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive|of an insect}} To [[sting]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To cause a [[smart]]ing [[sensation]]; to have a [[property]] which causes such a sensation; to be [[pungent]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|sometimes|figurative}} To cause [[sharp]] [[pain]] or [[damage]] to; to [[hurt]] or [[injure]].
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To cause sharp pain; to [[produce]] [[anguish]]; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Noun

1. The act of [[bite#Verb|biting]].
2. {{senseid|en|wound left behind after having been bitten}} The [[wound]] left behind after having been [[bitten]].
3. The [[swelling]] of one's [[skin]] caused by an [[insect]]'s [[mouthpart]]s or [[sting]].
4. A [[piece]] of [[food]] of a [[size]] that would be [[produce]]d by [[bite#Verb|biting]]; a [[mouthful]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} Something [[unpleasant]].
6. {{lb|en|slang}} An act of [[plagiarism]].
7. A small [[meal]] or [[snack]].
8. {{lb|en|figuratively|uncountable}} [[incisiveness]], [[provocativeness]], [[exactness]].
9. {{lb|en|figuratively|uncountable}} [[aggression|Aggression]].
10. The [[hold]] which the [[short]] end of a [[lever]] has upon the thing to be [[lift]]ed, or the hold which one part of a [[machine]] has upon another.
11. {{lb|en|colloquial|dated}} A [[cheat]]; a [[trick]]; a [[fraud]].
12. {{lb|en|colloquial|dated|slang}} A [[sharper]]; one who [[cheat]]s.

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