bite

1. v. t. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. Source: opted

2. v. t. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food. Source: opted

3. v. t. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cheat; to trick; to take in. Source: opted

5. v. t. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground. Source: opted

6. v. i. To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite? Source: opted

7. v. i. To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard. Source: opted

8. v. i. To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. Source: opted

9. v. i. To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer. Source: opted

10. v. i. To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites. Source: opted

11. v. The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite. Source: opted

12. v. The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects. Source: opted

13. v. The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito. Source: opted

14. v. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting. Source: opted

15. v. The 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. Source: opted

16. v. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. Source: opted

17. v. A sharper; one who cheats. Source: opted

18. v. A 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. Source: opted

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