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  • 21bite — verb (past bit; past participle bitten) 1》 use the teeth to cut into something.     ↘(of a snake, insect, or spider) wound with a sting, pincers, or fangs. 2》 (of a tool, tyre, boot, etc.) grip or take hold on a surface.     ↘(of an object) press …

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  • 22Bite (disambiguation) — A bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal or human. Relating to that meaning is * Occlusion (dentistry), the contact between teeth * Mastication also known as chewingBite or bitten may also refer to:* BITE TV, a Canadian television… …

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  • 23bite — v 1. nip, snap, snip, pinch, sting; eat, munch, crunch, nibble, gnaw, chew, masticate; grip, hold, clamp, sink one s teeth into; bite off, sever, chop off, cleave; separate, sunder, disunite, disjoin. 2. cut, tear, rip, slash, gash, slit, slice;… …

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  • 24bite — 1. verb /baɪt,bʌit/ a) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth. As soon as you bite that sandwich, youll know how good it is. b) To hold something by clamping one’s teeth. That dog is about to bite! 2. noun /baɪt,bʌit/ a) The act of bitin …

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  • 25bite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. morsel, scrap; nip. v. cut; snap, snip; corrode; sting. See food, littleness, pungency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [What one takes in the mouth at one time] Syn. mouthful, cud, chew, taste, spoonful,… …

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  • 26wound — Synonyms and related words: abrade, abrasion, abscess, abuse, ache, aching, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, aposteme, barb the dart, bark, bed sore, befoul, bewitch, bite, blain, bleb, blemish, blight, blister, bloody, blow,… …

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  • 27bite — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuminate, acute pain, adhere to, afflict, agonize, ail, allotment, allowance, and sinker, astringency, auger, bait, be a sucker, be keen, be taken in, bear hug, benumb, big end,… …

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  • 28bite — baɪt n. nibble, morsel; wound made by biting v. grip with the teeth; take bait, eat a lure …

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  • 29rat-bite fever — n either of two febrile human diseases usu. transmitted by the bite of a rat: a) a septicemia marked by irregular relapsing fever, rashes, muscular pain and arthritis, and great weakness and caused by a bacterium of the genus Streptobacillus (S.… …

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  • 30rat-bite fever — ▪ pathology also called  spirillary rat bite fever  or  sodoku        relapsing type of infection caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus (also called Spirillum minor) and transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat. It is characterized… …

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