bite

bite
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noun
1 act of biting/amount of food
VERB + BITE
▪ have, swallow, take
PREPOSITION
▪ between bites
▪

She tried to talk between bites.

▪ bite from
▪

I took a bite from the apple.

▪ bite of
▪

Can I have a bite of your sandwich?

▪ bite out of
▪

She took a bite out of the slab of cake.

2 of an insect/animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ dog, insect, mosquito, snake, etc.
▪ nasty
VERB + BITE
▪ get
▪

I got a lot of mosquito bites last night.

BITE + NOUN
▪ mark
PREPOSITION
▪ bite from
▪

a bite from a poisonous snake

3 small amount to eat
ADJECTIVE
▪ quick
VERB + BITE
▪ grab, have
▪

We managed to grab a bite at the airport.

PREPOSITION
▪ bite of
▪

a quick bite of lunch

PHRASES
▪ a bite to eat
▪

We'll have a bite to eat in town.

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verb
1 use your teeth
ADVERB
▪ badly
▪

Their cat was badly bitten by a dog.

▪ off
▪

He bit off a chunk of bread.

PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪

He bit at his lower lip.

▪ down on
▪

She bit down on her bottom lip.

▪ into
▪

She bit into the apple.

▪ through
▪

The dog had bitten right through its rope.

PHRASES
▪ bite sth in half, bite sth in two
2 have an effect
ADVERB
▪ deep, hard
▪

As the recession bites harder, many small companies are going bankrupt.

VERB + BITE
▪ begin to, start to
▪

After two cold months, the coal shortage was beginning to bite.

Bite is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bug, ↑cat, ↑dog, ↑fish, ↑flea, ↑insect, ↑mosquito, ↑shark, ↑snake, ↑spider, ↑tooth
Bite is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fingernail, ↑lip, ↑nail, ↑tongue

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  • Bite — (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Bit} (b[i^]t); p. p. {Bitten} (b[i^]t t n), {Bit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Biting}.] [OE. biten, AS. b[=i]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG. b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[=i]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bite — Bite, n. [OE. bite, bit, bitt, AS. bite bite, fr. b[=i]tan to bite, akin to Icel. bit, OS. biti, G. biss. See {Bite}, v., and cf. {Bit}.] 1. The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bite — [n1] injury from gripping, tearing chaw*, chomp*, gob*, itch*, laceration, nip, pain, pinch, prick, smarting, sting, tooth marks*, wound; concept 309 bite [n2] mouthful of food brunch, drop, light meal, morsel, nibble, nosh*, piece, refreshment,… …   New thesaurus

  • bite at — ˈbite at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bite at he/she/it bites at past tense bit at past participle bitten at] …   Useful english dictionary

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