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- [bahyt]
- /baɪt/
- /baɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bahyt]
- /baɪt/
Definitions of bite word
- verb bite If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. 3
- countable noun bite A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. 3
- countable noun bite A bite is also the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it. 3
- singular noun bite If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. 3
- verb bite If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. 3
- countable noun bite A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. 3
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Origin of bite
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English biten, Old English bītan; cognate with Old High German bīzan (German beissen), Gothic beitan, Old Norse bīta; akin to Latin findere to split
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Parts of speech for Bite
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bite popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bite usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bite
noun bite
- pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- wound — the act of winding.
- sting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- prick — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
verb bite
- chew — When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
- gnaw — to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- snap — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- eat — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- clamp — A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
Antonyms for bite
noun bite
- lot — lot (def 14).
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
verb bite
- release — to lease again.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
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