Definition of bitte
1. bite [ v ] to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
Examples:
"Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
(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 .
Synonyms bite seize_with_teeth Related Terms grip gnaw snap_at nip nibble nibble snap_at2. bite [ v ] cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort
Examples:
"The sun burned his face"
3. bite [ n ] a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Examples:
"all they had left was a bit of bread"
(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)
She took another bite of toast .
Synonyms morsel bite bit Related Terms taste sops crumb chew4. bite [ v ] penetrate or cut, as with a knife
Examples:
"The fork bit into the surface"
(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)
Curt twisted to one side , and the tines of the fork bit into the floor .
Synonyms bite Related Terms pierce5. bite [ n ] 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 .
Synonyms bite Related Terms wound snakebite dog_bite6. bite [ v ] of insects, scorpions, or other animals
Examples:
"A bee stung my arm yesterday."
7. bite [ n ] a portion removed from the whole
Examples:
"the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
8. bite [ n ] a sharp bitter taste property
Synonyms bite sharpness pungency Related Terms spiciness9. bite [ n ] a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin
Synonyms bite insect_bite sting Related Terms injury bee_sting flea_bite mosquito_bite sting10. bite [ n ] (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
Examples:
"after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
11. bite [ n ] a strong odor or taste property
Examples:
"the pungency of mustard"
"the sulfurous bite of garlic"
"the sharpness of strange spices"
12. bite [ n ] wit having a sharp and caustic quality
Examples:
"he commented with typical pungency"
"the bite of satire"
13. bite [ n ] a light informal meal
Synonyms snack collation nosh bite Related Terms meal coffee_break refreshment nosh nosh14. bite [ n ] the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
Synonyms chomp bite Related Terms eating nibble nip munch chompSimilar Spelling
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