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1.nounThe act of biting.
2.nounThe wound left behind after having been bitten."That snake bite really hurts!"
3.nounThe swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting."After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites."
4.nounA piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful."There were only a few bites left on the plate."
5.nounSomething unpleasant."That's really a bite!"
6.nounAn act of plagiarism."That song is a bite of my song!"
7.nounA small meal or snack."I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner."
8.nounAggression
9.nounThe 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.
10.nounA cheat; a trick; a fraud.
11.nounA sharper; one who cheats.
12.nounA 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.
13.nounA cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
14.verbTo cut into something by clamping the teeth."As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is."
15.verbTo hold something by clamping one's teeth.
16.verbTo attack with the teeth."That dog is about to bite!"
17.verbTo behave aggressively; to reject advances."If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite."
18.verbTo take hold; to establish firm contact with."I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."
19.verbTo have significant effect, often negative."For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."
20.verb(of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught."Are the fish biting today?"
21.verbTo accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor."I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?"
22.verb(of an insect) To sting."These mosquitoes are really biting today!"
23.verbTo cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent."It bites like pepper or mustard."
24.verb(sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure."Pepper bites the mouth."
25.verbTo cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
26.verbTo take or keep a firm hold."The anchor bites."
27.verbTo take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to."The anchor bites the ground."
28.verbTo lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck."This music really bites."
29.verbTo perform oral sex on. Used in invective."You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me."
30.verbTo plagiarize, to imitate."He always be biting my moves."
31.verbTo deceive or defraud; to take in.