How to use bite in a sentence. To use your teeth to cut into something or someone When a fish bites, it swallows the food… To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts To sting with a stinger
To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument The axe bit the log deeply To grip, grab, or seize Bald treads that couldn't bite the icy road Bitten by a sudden desire to travel Definition of bite verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. There are 30 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun bite, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Edge, bitterness, acidity, spice, punch, severity, sharpness, tartness Softness, gentleness, mildness, kindliness, warmth, warmness, heat, balminess
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