bite

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  1. transitive verb To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
  2. transitive verb To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
  3. transitive verb To sting with a stinger.
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  • At one time they were supposed to be proof against snake-bite, as in any fight between these reptiles and a mongoose the latter always came off victorious. —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
  • A tight scissors bite, a tight reverse scissors bite or a level bite are equally acceptable.
  • I'm going to assume that Mars Inc has basic cleanliness standards and assume the bitter burnt taste that is left in my mouth after I'm done with a bite is the Taurine and B-Vitamins and other stuff that you should only find in those hokey energy drinks, and never in a candy bar. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Then the other bite was a layered squash sponge cake, the size of your thumb with a Japanese spice. —  Gotham Gal
  • Aimlessly casting a line and hoping for a bite is history thanks to Georgia's new and improved online fishing prospects.
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bite:   bit ·  bites ·  biting ·  bitten
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English biten, from Old English bītan; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English biten (preterit bot, boot, plural biten, past participle biten), from Anglo-Saxon bītan (preterit bāt, plural biton, past participle biten) = Old Saxon bītan = OFries. bīta = D. bijten = Middle Low German bīten, Low German biten = Old High German bīzan, Middle High German bīzen, German beissen = Icelandic bīta = Swedish bita = Danish bide = Goth, beitan, bite, = Latin findere (√ *fid), cleave, = Sanskrit √ bhid, divide. From the Anglo-Saxon come bite, n., bit, bit, bitter, beetle, beetle; to the Icelandic are due bait, and prob. bitt; from Latin findere come fissile, fissure, bifid, etc.
  2. from late Middle English byte, bite (bīte), taking the place of earlier bite (bĭte), in modern English bit (see bit); from the verb.
 

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