The meaning of BITE is to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as to enter, grip, or wound. How to use bite in a sentence.

Definition of bite verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Bite definition: to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth.. See examples of BITE used in a sentence.

To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth. 2. a. To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts. b. To sting with a stinger. 3. To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument: The …

bite verb (SNAKE/INSECT) If an insect or snake bites you, it injures you by making a small hole in your skin:

A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention.

6 days ago · bite (third-person singular simple present bites, present participle biting, simple past bit, past participle bitten or bit) (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

Idioms bite someone's head off, to respond with anger to someone's question or comment: When the students asked for more time to write their papers, the teacher nearly bit their heads off.

There are 47 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb bite, nine of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

A lion biting another lion's tail as play behavior. Biting is an action involving a set of teeth closing down on an object. [1] It is a common zoological behavior, being found in toothed animals …