bite
To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
Example
“As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.”
Other meanings
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
To attack with the teeth.
“That dog is about to bite!”
Synonyms
- seize with teeth
Related words
- backbite
- biter
- biting
- bite back
- bite in the ass
- bite me
- bite off
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite one's knuckle
- bite one's tongue
- bite someone's head off
- bite the big one
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bītan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.