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Bite

noun

1.

A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person.

2.

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful. Synonyms: bit, morsel.

3.

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin. Synonyms: insect bite, sting.

4.

A light informal meal. Synonyms: collation, snack.

5.

(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait.

6.

Wit having a sharp and caustic quality. Synonym: pungency. "The bite of satire"

7.

A strong odor or taste property. Synonyms: pungency, raciness, sharpness. "The sulfurous bite of garlic" , "The sharpness of strange spices" , "The raciness of the wine"

8.

The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws. Synonym: chomp.

9.

A portion removed from the whole.

verb

(past bit; past part. bitten; pres. part. biting)

1.

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws. Synonym: seize with teeth.

2.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. Synonyms: burn, sting.

3.

Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.

4.

Deliver a sting to. Synonyms: prick, sting.

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"Bite" Quotes from Famous Books

... agen me. I don't say as it's everybody as ought to take the lowest place. The Lord knows I'm not proud, but I won't go into them chairs down by the font myself; but to see them Harrises, that to my certain knowledge hasn't a bite of butcher's meat in their heads but onst ...

— The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers • Mary Cholmondeley

... argenteum. Here the horses drank their fill greedily, as if bent on quenching their thirst for past, present and future. Thalcave went first to beat the bushes and frighten away the cholinas, a most dangerous species of viper, the bite of which kills an ox in less ...

— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne

... in a room guarded by triple windows, besides shutters closed with the greatest exactness, I have seen the curtains slightly agitated when the howling outside was somewhat louder than usual. "The wind," says Gregorovitch in his Winter's Tale, "howls like a dog; and like a dog will bite the feet and calves of those who have not duly provided themselves with fur-goloshes and doubly-thick pantaloons." Such a wind must not be suffered to intrude into any house intended ...

— Russia - As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Various

... does there appear to have been any attempt to reduce it to service. Like its Indian ally it is fond of water, which it visits at regular intervals during the twenty-four hours; it also plasters itself with mud, which, when hardened by the sun, protects it from the bite of the gadflies which in spite of its thick hide seem to cause it considerable annoyance. It is relieved of a portion of the parasitic ticks, so common on the hides of thick-skinned animals, by means of the red-beaked rhinoceros birds, Buphaga erythrorhynca, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... I hadn't asked Miss Nefer my question. Everybody in the company knows she spends the hour before curtain-time getting into character, never parting her lips except for that purpose—or to bite your head off if you try to make the most ...

— No Great Magic • Fritz Reuter Leiber

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