See Also: bite 2, noun(dictionary)
bite rim(medicine)
Bite(health)
bite(medicine)
wax bite(medicine)
end-to-end bite(medicine)
bite(1)(dictionary)
bite(2)(dictionary)
locked bite(medicine)
normal bite(medicine)

bite 2, noun (oh)



2 S3 n
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1 ?using teeth?
2 ?wound?
3 a bite (to eat)
4 ?taste?
5 ?cold?
6 ?strong effect?
7 ?fish?
8 another/a second bite at the cherry
9 ?jaw?
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?USING TEETH?
[C] the act of cutting or crushing something with your teeth
::Antonio devoured half his burger in one bite.
take/have a bite (of sth/out of sth)
::She picked up the sandwich and took a bite.
::Can I have a bite of your apple?
give sb a bite
::Some fish can give you a nasty bite.
::Her body was covered in bite marks .
?WOUND?
[C] a small hole made where an animal or insect has bitten you
snake/mosquito/ant etc bites
bite of
::The infection is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
a bite (to eat)
informal a small meal
::We had a bite to eat and a couple of drinks before the flight.
?TASTE?
[U] a pleasantly sharp taste
::Goat's cheese adds extra bite to any pasta dish.
?COLD?
[singular] a feeling of coldness
::There was no mistaking the approach of winter; he could feel its bite.
?STRONG EFFECT?
[U] a special quality in a performance, piece of writing etc that makes its arguments very effective and likely to persuade people
::The film gains incisive bite from Sellers' performance as the union chief.
?FISH?
[C] when a fish takes the food from a hook
::Sometimes I sit for hours and never get a bite .
another/a second bite at the cherry
BrE a second chance to do something
?JAW?
[C usually singular] technical the way that a person or animal's top and bottom teeth touch when their mouth is closed
::Our dentist said that Emmy should wear a brace to improve her bite.
-see also love bite , sound bite , sb's bark is worse than their bite at bark 2 (4)