bite (verb)
21bite — bite1 [ baıt ] (past tense bit [ bıt ] ; past participle bit|ten [ bıtn ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it: I wish you wouldn t bite your nails. bite into: Tom had… …
22bite — 1 verb past tense bit, past participle bitten 1 WITH YOUR TEETH (I, T) to cut or crush something with your teeth: Be careful! My dog bites. | Do you bite your fingernails? (+ into/through): biting into a juicy apple | They had to bite through the …
23bite — [c]/baɪt / (say buyt) verb (bit, bitten or, Archaic, bit, biting) –verb (t) 1. to cut into or wound, with the teeth: the dog bit me. 2. to grip with the teeth. 3. to sting, as an insect. 4. to cau …
24bite — I. verb (bit; bitten; also bit; biting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bītan; akin to Old High German bīzan to bite, Latin findere to split Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as… …
25bite — I UK [baɪt] / US verb Word forms bite : present tense I/you/we/they bite he/she/it bites present participle biting past tense bit UK [bɪt] / US past participle bitten UK [ˈbɪt(ə)n] / US ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to use your teeth to cut or… …
26bite — {{11}}bite (n.) c.1200, from BITE (Cf. bite) (v). {{12}}bite (v.) O.E. bitan (class I strong verb; past tense bat, pp. biten), from P.Gmc. *bitan (Cf. O.S. bitan, O.N., O.Fris. bita, M.Du. biten, Du. bijten, Ger. beissen, Goth. beitan …
27bite*/*/ — [baɪt] (past tense bit [bɪt] ; past participle bitten [ˈbɪt(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it Stop biting your nails.[/ex] I ve just been bitten by a snake.[/ex] Tom bit into his… …
28bite back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you bite back a feeling or something that you were going to say, you stop yourself from expressing it. [LITERARY] [V P n (not pron)] Susan bit back the words she would like to have said... [V n P] A scream rose to her lips… …
29bite at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bite at : present tense I/you/we/they bite at he/she/it bites at past tense bit at past participle bitten at bite at someone/something to try to bite something without in fact managing to bite it The animals… …
30bite into sth — UK US bite into sth Phrasal Verb with bite({{}}/baɪt/ verb [I] ► to reduce the number or amount of something: »Investment in product development has bitten into the company s profits …
