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 Definitions for bitten: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p.
Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE.
biten, AS. b[imac]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[imac]tan,
OHG. b[imac]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[imac]ta,
Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to
cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.]
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1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
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Such smiling rogues as these,
Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak.
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2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
insects) used in taking food.
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3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." --Shak.
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4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
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5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
anchor bites the ground.
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The last screw of the rack having been turned so
often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
and turned with nothing to bite. --Dickens.
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To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the
agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
plates by means of an acid.
To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of
contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you
bite your thumb at us?" --Shak.
To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Bitten \Bit"ten\,
p. p. of Bite.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Bitten \Bit"ten\, a. (Bot.)
Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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bite
n 1: a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit]
3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
into skin [syn: sting, insect bite]
4: a light informal meal [syn: collation, snack]
5: (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after
fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
6: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with
typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency]
7: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard";
"the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange
spices" [syn: pungency, sharpness]
8: the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
[syn: chomp]
9: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly
bite from my paycheck"
v 1: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or
jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" [syn: {seize
with teeth}]
2: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
burned his face" [syn: sting, burn]
3: penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the
surface"
4: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting,
prick]
[also: bitten, bit]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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bitten
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