Bite

Quick meaning: Bite is a verb meaning (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

Meaning

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
2. (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
3. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
4. (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
5. (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
6. (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
7. (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Example Sentences

That dog is about to bite!

Are the fish biting today?

These mosquitoes are really biting today!

I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.

Word Forms

• bites
• biting
• bit
• bitten

Synonyms for bite

Depending on context, synonyms include sting, bit, morsel, collation, burn, nosh.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sting, chomp, pungency, morsel, prick, burn.

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