A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.
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A stinging or smarting sensation.
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An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.
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An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.
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An incisive, penetrating quality: the bite of satire.
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verb-transitive
To cause to sting or be painful: cold that bites the skin; a conscience bitten by remorse.
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To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument: The ax bit the log deeply.
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To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
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To eat into; corrode.
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To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
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verb
To seize especially with teeth or jaws so as to enter, grip, or wound.
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To wound, pierce, or sting especially with a fang or a proboscis.
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To cut or pierce with or as if with an edged weapon.
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To cause sharp pain or stinging discomfort to.
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To take hold of.
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idiom
Bite off more than (one) can chew To decide or agree to do more than one can finally accomplish.
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Bite the bullet Slang To face a painful situation bravely and stoically.
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Bite the dust Slang To be defeated.
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Bite the dust Slang To come to an end.
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Bite the dust Slang To fall dead, especially in combat.
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verb-intransitive
To be taken in by a ploy or deception: tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To have a sharp taste.
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To have a stinging effect.
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To take or swallow bait.
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