v
(transitive, obsolete) To bite; eat; devour.
v
(UK dialectal) To venom; sting.
v
(of an animal) To show its teeth as a sign of aggression.
v
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
n
A large degree of focus and commitment to a task.
v
simple past tense of bite in
v
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
n
(advertising) The depiction of people enjoying a product, rather than a mere exposition of the product's benefits.
n
Synonym of bite of the cherry
n
Synonym of bite of the cherry
v
(intransitive) To retaliate.
v
To clench with one's teeth or to bite hard on something.
v
(dated, transitive) To repress (an emotion); bite back.
v
(transitive, slang, vulgar, UK) To punish or take retribution on someone.
n
Synonym of bite of the cherry
n
(idiomatic) A chance; an attempt at something.
n
(informal, idiomatic, rare) A wake-up call, a reality check.
v
To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
v
(idiomatic) To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
v
(chess) Of a bishop or queen: to face a diagonal occupied by two or more opposing pawns.
v
(historical) To express defiance by putting one's thumbnail into one's mouth and knocking it against the teeth.
v
(idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.
v
(slang) To be unpleasant or undesirable.
v
(colloquial, idiomatic) To be curb stomped.
v
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
v
(idiomatic) To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).
n
(idiomatic) A snack or quick meal.
n
The force applied by the masticatory muscles when biting or chewing.
n
The amount eaten in a single bite.
n
The mark left by a bite (of an animal)
n
(obsolete, derogatory) Alternative spelling of bitesheep [(obsolete, derogatory) A bishop, particularly a Catholic bishop persecuting Protestants.]
adj
(informal) Inclined to bite.
n
The location where something is bitten.
v
Synonym of champ at the bit
v
(transitive, intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
v
(intransitive, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless.
n
Synonym of icing on the cake
n
Synonym of icing on the cake
v
(idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at.
v
(intransitive) To show impatience or frustration when delayed.
n
(fiction) In speculative erotica, a bite given by one person to another to form a permanent bond, typically leaving a scar or mark.
v
To eat all the food on one's plate
v
(transitive, figuratively) to cause problems for one at a later time.
v
To administer a cow bite.
v
(less common) Synonym of bite off more than one can chew
v
(colloquial) To begin eating.
n
A bite by a venomous animal in which no venom is released.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly proverb) To do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.
v
(idiomatic) To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.
v
(informal, of insects) To bite repeatedly.
v
Alternative form of faunch [(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.]
v
(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.
v
Alternative form of faunch [(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.]
n
(medicine) A laceration on the hand, especially after delivering a punch or blow inside someone else's mouth, that results from a defensive bite.
n
(law, informal) the concept that a dog is not considered dangerous until it has bitten someone.
v
To bite up, bite to pieces.
v
(transitive) To bite beforehand or in front.
v
Alternative form of Frankenbite [To edit the audio footage of a reality TV show to combine several disparate audio clips into what appears to be a single line of dialogue.]
n
The practice of using Frankenbites.
v
Alternative form of get blood out of a stone [(idiomatic) To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.]
v
Alternative form of get grey hair from [(idiomatic) To acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).]
v
Alternative form of sink one's teeth into [(colloquial) To become enthusiastically involved in.]
v
(intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
v
To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain, anger, frustration, or self-assurance.
v
Alternative form of gristbite [(archaic, dialect) To gnash one's teeth.]
n
Synonym of hair of the dog
v
(idiomatic, Canada) To be of no further use; to be near death.
n
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good.
v
Synonym of bite the dust
v
(idiomatic) To look forward avidly to eating something.
n
Alternative form of love bite [A swelling on the skin caused by someone (or something) sucking the skin.]
n
Alternative spelling of love bite [A swelling on the skin caused by someone (or something) sucking the skin.]
n
(fiction) In speculative erotica, a bite given by one person to another to form a permanent bond, typically leaving a scar or mark.
adv
While taking a bite; while eating.
v
(idiomatic) To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.
v
(slang) To extort; to demand money from.
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) To start to eat something.
v
To cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in one's teeth, as when acids are brought into contact with them.
v
(idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack.
v
To bite into something once for the purpose of eating.
v
(idiomatic, Canada) To be of no further use; to be near death.
adj
That bare one's teeth (literally or figuratively)
v
(intransitive) To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
n
(idiomatic, Britain, dated) A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.
n
Alternative form of tick bite [A bite from a tick that can pass various illnesses to the bitten host.]
v
simple past tense of take the cake
adv
(figuratively) Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
adv
(figuratively) Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
v
(idiomatic, informal, chiefly in the negative) To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time.
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