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Bite
English
Pronunciation
Transitive verb
bite, bit, bitten
- To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
- As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
- To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
Translations
- Dutch: bijten
- Esperanto: mordi
- Finnish: purra
- French: mordre
- German: beißen
- Guaraní: su'u
- Indonesian: gigit
- Interlingua: morder ; piccar (as of snakes)
- Japanese: 噛む (かむ, kamu)
- Portuguese: morder ; picar (as of snakes)
- Spanish: morder , picar
- Swedish: bita
- Tupinambá: su'u
Intransitive verb
bite, bit, bitten
- To attack with the teeth.
- That dog is about to bite!
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
- (of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- Are the fish biting today?
- To fall for a deception.
- I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
- (of an insect) To sting.
- These mosquitoes are really biting today!
- (slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision.
- This music really bites.
Translations
- Dutch: bijten
- Spanish: morder , picar el pez
- Swedish: bita
Noun
bite
- The wound left behind after having been bitten
- That snake bite really hurt!
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful
- There were only a few bites left on the plate.
- (slang) Something unpleaseant.
- That's really a bite!
Translations
- Dutch: beet m
- Esperanto: mordo
- Finnish: purema
- Interlingua: morsura ; piccatura (as of snakes)
- Portuguese: mordida f, mordedura f; picada f, picadura f (as of snakes)
- Spanish: mordedura f, mordisco m, picadura f
- Swedish: bett
- Tupinambá: ãîbora (t-)
Related Terms
- bit
- bite in the ass
- bite-sized
- biter
- bitten
- in one bite
French
Also bitte
Noun
- Nob, penis
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