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To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
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As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
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To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
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To attack with the teeth.
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That dog is about to bite!
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To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
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If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
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To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
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I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
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To have significant effect, often negative.
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For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
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(of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
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Are the fish biting today?
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To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
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I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
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(of an insect) To sting.
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These mosquitoes are really biting today!
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To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
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It bites like pepper or mustard.
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(sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
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Pepper bites the mouth.
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To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
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To take or keep a firm hold.
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The anchor bites.
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To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
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The anchor bites the ground.
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To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
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This music really bites.
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To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
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You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.
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To plagiarize, to imitate.
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He always be biting my moves.
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To deceive or defraud; to take in.