| Bite (bite) |
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| v. t. | ((?)) |
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| Bite |
| [imp.
Bit ((?)); p. p. Bitten ((?) |
To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or
nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to
bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a
man.
To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of
some insects) used in taking food.
To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or
injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
mouth.
To cheat; to trick; to take in.
To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as,
the anchor bites the ground.
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| Bite (bite) |
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| v. i. | ((?)) |
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| Bite |
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To
seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have
the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?
To cause a smarting sensation; to have a
property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites
like pepper or mustard.
To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt
or injure; to have the property of so doing.
To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does;
hence, to take a tempting offer.
To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor
bites.
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The act
of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with
the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to
give anything a hard bite.
The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ
for taking food, as is done by some insects.
The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a
dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by
biting.
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon
the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon
another.
A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
A sharper; one who cheats.
A blank on the edge or corner of
a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening
between the type and paper.
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