bite something to pieces
1bite — bite, gnaw, champ, gnash are comparable when they mean to attack with or as if with the teeth. Bite fundamentally implies a getting of the teeth, especially the front teeth, into something so as to grip, pierce, or tear off {bite an apple deeply} …
2bite — 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 …
3bite-sized — also bite size 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Bite sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth. Cut the pumpkin into bite sized pieces. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n (approval) If you describe something as bite sized, you like it because it is small …
4chew — chew1 [ tʃu ] verb ** intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces so that you can swallow it: High fiber foods take longer to chew. chew on: He was chewing on his meat as if he found it hard to… …
5piece — piece1 W1S1 [pi:s] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount)¦ 2¦(part)¦ 3¦(single item)¦ 4¦(small amount)¦ 5¦(land)¦ 6 fall to pieces 7 go to pieces 8 smash/rip/tear something to pieces 9 pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces …
6chew — chew1 [tʃu:] v [: Old English; Origin: ceowan] 1.) [I and T] to bite food several times before swallowing it ▪ This meat s so tough I can hardly chew it! chew at/on ▪ a dog chewing on a bone 2.) [I and T] to bite something continuously in order… …
7chew — I UK [tʃuː] / US [tʃu] verb Word forms chew : present tense I/you/we/they chew he/she/it chews present participle chewing past tense chewed past participle chewed ** [intransitive/transitive] to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into… …
8Treehouse of Horror VI — The Simpsons episode The advertising icons destroying Springfield. Episode no. 134 …
9chew*/ — [tʃuː] verb [I/T] 1) to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces She chewed her food slowly.[/ex] 2) to bite something continuously but not swallow it We re not allowed to chew gum in class.[/ex] The dog was chewing on an old… …
10scrap — [n1] tiny bit of something atom, bite, bits and pieces*, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, gob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leaving, leftover*, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends*, orts …
