bite

verbB1/baɪt/

To cut into something by clamping the teeth.transitive
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.transitive
To attack with the teeth.intransitive
To behave aggressively; to reject advances.intransitive
To take hold; to establish firm contact with.intransitive
To have significant effect, often negative.intransitive
To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.intransitive
To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.figuratively, intransitive
To sting.intransitive, transitive
To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.intransitive
To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.figuratively, sometimes, transitive
To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.intransitive
To take or keep a firm hold.intransitive
To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.transitive
To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.slang, stative
To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.informal, transitive, vulgar
To plagiarize, to imitate.intransitive, slang

Forms

Example sentences765 results

You're lucky because he didn't bite you.

I've got mosquito bites all over my arm.