| VERB | contact | bite, seize with teeth | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws |
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| perception | bite, sting, burn | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | |
| contact | bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife | |
| contact | bite, sting, prick | deliver a sting to | |
| NOUN | state | bite | a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person |
| food | bite, morsel, bit | a small amount of solid food | |
| state | bite, sting, insect bite | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | |
| food | bite, collation, snack | a light informal meal | |
| event | bite | (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait | |
| communication | bite, pungency | wit having a sharp and caustic quality | |
| attribute | bite, pungency, sharpness, raciness | a strong odor or taste property | |
| act | bite, chomp | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | |
| act | bite | a portion removed from the whole |
| Sounds | bay't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person. | |
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| Narrower | dog bite | A bite inflicted by a dog |
| snakebite | A bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake | |
| Broader | wound, lesion | An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| Spanish | mordedura, mordisco | |
| Catalan | mossegada | |
| Verbs | bite | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws |
| Meaning | A small amount of solid food; a mouthful. | |
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| Synonyms | morsel, bit | |
| Narrower | chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad | A wad of something chewable as tobacco |
| crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake | |
| sop, sops | Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid / liquid | |
| Broader | taste, mouthful | A small amount eaten or drunk |
| Spanish | bocado, gota, porción | |
| Catalan | bocí, engruna, mos, tros | |
| Meaning | A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin. | |
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| Synonyms | sting, insect bite | |
| Narrower | bee sting | A sting inflicted by a bee |
| flea bite | sting inflicted by a flea | |
| mosquito bite | A sting inflicted by a mosquito | |
| Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| Spanish | picada, picadura, picotada, picotazo, piquetazo | |
| Catalan | pessigada, picada | |
| Verbs | bite | deliver a sting to |
| Meaning | A light informal meal. | |
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| Synonyms | collation, snack | |
| Narrower | coffee break, tea break | A snack taken during a break in the work day |
| nosh | (Yiddish) a snack or light meal | |
| refreshment | snacks and drinks served as a light meal | |
| Broader | meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
| Spanish | aperitivo, colación, piscolabis, refrigerio, tentempié | |
| Catalan | aperitiu, col·lació, piscolabis, vermut | |
| Meaning | (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait. | |
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| Example | "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite" | |
| Category | fishing, sportfishing | The act of someone who fishes as a diversion |
| Broader | success | An event that accomplishes its intended purpose |
| Meaning | wit having a sharp and caustic quality. | |
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| Example | "the bite of satire" | |
| Synonym | pungency | |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
| Meaning | A strong odor or taste property. | |
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| Example | "the sulfurous bite of garlic" | |
| Synonyms | pungency, sharpness, raciness | |
| Broader | spiciness, spice, spicery | The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored |
| Spanish | acrimonia, acritud, intensidad, picor | |
| Catalan | acrimonia, acrimònia, acritud, intensitat, picantor | |
| Meaning | The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws. | |
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| Synonym | chomp | |
| Narrower | munch | A large bite |
| nibble | Gentle biting | |
| nip, pinch | A small sharp bite or snip | |
| Broader | eating, feeding | The act of consuming food |
| Spanish | bocado | |
| Catalan | mos | |
| Verbs | bite | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws |
| Meaning | A portion removed from the whole. | |
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| Example | "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" | |
| Broader | subtraction, deduction | The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Meaning | To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" | |
| Synonym | seize with teeth | |
| Narrower | gnaw | bite or chew on with the teeth |
| nibble | bite off very small pieces | |
| nibble | bite gently | |
| nip | Give a small sharp bite to | |
| snap | Bring the jaws together | |
| snap at, bite off | bite off with a quick bite | |
| Broader | grip | hold fast or firmly |
| See also | bite off | bite off with a quick bite |
| Spanish | dar un bocado, morder | |
| Catalan | mossegar, queixalar | |
| Nouns | bite | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws |
| bite | a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person | |
| biter | someone who bites | |
| Meaning | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sting, burn | |
| Narrower | nettle, urticate | sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation |
| Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
| Similar to | burn | Feel hot or painful |
| Spanish | abrasar, incendiar, quemar | |
| Catalan | abrusar-se, cremar-se, incendiar, mossegar-se, tallar-se | |
| Meaning | penetrate or cut, as with a knife. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | pierce | make a hole into |
| Spanish | picar | |
| Meaning | deliver a sting to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sting, prick | |
| Broader | pierce | make a hole into |
| Spanish | morder, picar, pinchar | |
| Catalan | picar | |
| Nouns | bite | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin |
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