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See also:BITE,Bite,bité,bitē,bitė,bitę,andbǐtè

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbiten, fromOld Englishbītan(“bite”), fromProto-West Germanic*bītan, fromProto-Germanic*bītaną(“bite”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“split”).

Cognates includeSaterland Frisianbiete(“bite”),West Frisianbite(“bite”),Dutchbijten(“bite”),German Low Germanbieten(“bite”),Germanbeißen,beissen(“bite”),Danishbide(“bite”),Swedishbita(“bite”),Norwegian Bokmålbite(“bite”),Norwegian Nynorskbita(“bite”),Icelandicbíta(“bite”),Gothic𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽(beitan,“bite”),Latinfindō(“split”),Ancient Greekφείδομαι(pheídomai),Sanskritभिद्(bhid,“break”).

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Verb

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bite (third-person singular simple presentbites,present participlebiting,simple pastbit,past participlebittenorbit)

  1. (transitive) Tocut into something byclamping theteeth.
    As soon as youbite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
  2. (transitive) Tohold something by clamping one's teeth.
  3. (intransitive) Toattack with the teeth.
    That dog is about tobite!
  4. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) Tobehaveaggressively; torejectadvances.
    If you see me, come and say hello. I don'tbite.
  5. (intransitive) Totake hold; toestablishfirmcontact with.
    I needed snow chains to make the tiresbite.
  6. (intransitive) To havesignificanteffect, oftennegative.
    For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will reallybite.
  7. (intransitive, of a fish) To bite abaitedhook or otherlure and thus becaught.
    Are the fishbiting today?
  8. (intransitive, figurative) Toaccept somethingoffered, oftensecretly ordeceptively, to cause someaction by theacceptor.
    I've planted the story. Do you think they'llbite?
  9. (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) Tosting.
    These mosquitoes are reallybiting today!
  10. (intransitive) To cause asmartingsensation; to have aproperty which causes such a sensation; to bepungent.
    Itbites like pepper or mustard.
  11. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To causesharppain ordamage to; tohurt orinjure.
    Pepperbites the mouth.
  12. (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; toproduceanguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
  13. (intransitive) Totake orkeep afirmhold.
    The anchorbites.
  14. (transitive) Totake hold of; to holdfast; toadhere to.
    The anchorbites the ground.
  15. (stative, slang) Tolackquality; to beworthy ofderision; tosuck.
    This music reallybites.
  16. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To performoral sex on.Used ininvective.
    You don't like that I sat on your car?Bite me.
  17. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) Toplagiarize, toimitate.
    He always bebiting my moves.
  18. (obsolete, transitive, slang) Todeceive ordefraud; totake in.

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Translations

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cut into by clamping the teeth
hold something by clamping one’s teeth
attack with the teeth—see alsomaul
take hold
bite a baited hook or other lure
fall for a deception
sting
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Noun

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bite (countable anduncountable,pluralbites)

  1. The act ofbiting.
  3. Thewound left behind after having beenbitten.
    That snakebite really hurts!
  4. Theswelling of one'sskin caused by aninsect'smouthparts orsting.
    Synonym:sting
    After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquitobites.
  5. Apiece offood of asize that would beproduced bybiting; amouthful.
    There were only a fewbites left on the plate.
    • 1906, Hamilton Drummond,The Chain of Seven Lives, F. V. White & Co., Ltd., pages182–183:
      Not a soul in Corlaix will dare give usbite, sup, or shelter; and we shall die starved in a ditch, all four of us—that much we are our own, but in all else we are Monseigneur’s; all else, I say, all—all.
  6. (slang) Somethingunpleasant.
    • 1985 December 7, Sib Connor, “9to5: Still Putting In A Day's Work”, inGay Community News, volume13, number21, page 2:
      In February of this year, 9to5 was forced to lay off four of its paid staff, and began to feel thebite of its high-rent downtown office space.
  7. (slang) An act ofplagiarism.
    That song is abite of my song!
  8. A smallmeal orsnack.
    I'll have a quickbite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
  9. (figuratively, uncountable)incisiveness,provocativeness,exactness.
  10. (figuratively, uncountable)Aggression.
    • 1996 April 22, Hedy Weiss,Chicago Sun-Times:
      Kathy Santen is full ofbite as the bizarrely seduced Lady Anne, although her exaggerated diction is a bit too snappishly Shakespearean.
    • 1998, Vidyut Bhagwat, “Pandita Ramabai’sStrī-Dharma Nīti and Tarabai Shinde’sStrī-Puruṣ Tulanā: The Inner Unity of the Texts”, inAnne Feldhaus, editor,Images of Women in Maharashtrian Society,State University of New York Press,→ISBN, page211:
      In Tarabai’s text this exposure is direct, unusually blunt, full ofbite and ridicule, and highly polemical.
    • 2011 March 2, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 3 - 0 Aston Villa”, inBBC‎[1]:
      City scored the goals but periods of ball possession were shared - the difference being Villa lackedbite in the opposition final third.
  11. Thehold which theshort end of alever has upon the thing to belifted, or the hold which one part of amachine has upon another.
  12. (colloquial, dated) Acheat; atrick; afraud.
    • 1725, Thomas Gordon,The Humorist:
      The baser methods of getting money by fraud andbite, by deceiving and overreaching.
  13. (colloquial, dated, slang) Asharper; one whocheats.
    • 1751,[Tobias] Smollett, “Pickle Seems Tolerably Well Reconciled to His Cage; […] ”, inThe Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […],→OCLC,page173:
      [I]t was conjectured, that Peregrine was abite from the beginning, who had found credit on account of his effrontery and appearance, and impoſed himſelf upon the town as a young gentleman of fortune.
    • 1828,The Newcastle Magazine, volume 7, page85:
      So he went home cursing the Yorkshirebites, and swearing there was no living among them[…]
  14. (printing) Ablank on theedge orcorner of apage,owing to aportion of thefrisket, or something else,intervening between thetype andpaper.
  15. (slang) Acut, aproportion ofprofits; an amount ofmoney.
  16. (television)Ellipsis ofsound bite.
    • 2015, Robert A. Papper,Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook:
      cold open: Starting a TV newscast with video or abite from the lead story rather than starting with the anchor or the standard show open.
  17. (cricket) Theturn that aspin bowlerimparts to apitch.

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Terms derived frombite (noun senses)

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Translations

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act of biting
wound left behind after having been bitten
swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting
mouthful
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Anagrams

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Czech

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Noun

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bite

  1. vocativesingular ofbit

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsebiti(“beam, girder”), fromProto-Germanic*bitô, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”).

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Noun

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bite f (pluralbites)

  1. (slang, vulgar)knob,cock,dick
    Synonym:sguègue
    Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mise à frotter sa grossebite.
    He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his bigcock.
    • 2006, “Je veux te voir”, inPop Up, performed byYelle:
      Je veux te voir / Dans un film pornographique / En action avec tabite / Forme potatoes ou bien frites
      I want to see you / In a porno film / In action with yourdick / Whether it's a French fry or a chunky chip
    • 2012, “Wesh Morray”, inFutur, performed byBooba:
      J'sors mabite je la baise, tu sors ton biff tu la sors
      I get out mydick and I fuck her, you get out your cash and take her out
    • 2015 [2004], Stéphane Dompierre,Un petit pas pour l'homme,→ISBN,page57:
      J’ai labite tellement raide que si son copain passe, il pourra me l’arracher et me péter les dents avec. Je vis dans un film érotique et je ne baise pas. Je n’y comprends rien.
      Mycock is so hard that if her boyfriend comes by, he'll be able to rip it off and smash my teeth in with it. I live in a porn film and I'm not getting laid. I don't understand it.

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Garo

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bite

  1. fruit

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbite.

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Noun

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bite m (invariable)

  1. (dentistry)split (dental device)

Khumi Chin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bite

  1. hot

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References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011),The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[2], Payap University, page74

Latvian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Balto-Slavic*bitīˀ (compareLithuanianbi̇̀tė), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰey-,*bʰī-. Cognate toEnglishbee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bite f (5th declension)

  1. bee

Declension

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Declension ofbite (5th)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominativebitebites
genitivebitesbišu
dativebiteibitēm
accusativebitibites
instrumentalbitibitēm
locativebitēbitēs
vocativebitebites

Lithuanian

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Noun

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bitè

  1. instrumentalsingular ofbi̇̀tė(“bee”)

Noun

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bi̇̀te

  1. instrumentalsingular ofbi̇̀tė(“bee”)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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A conflation of two words, both ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”):

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Noun

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bite (pluralbites)

  1. Abite; theact ofbiting:
    1. Amouthful offood(especially whichhas beenbitten off).
    2. Theincision orwound left by a [bite.
    3. (figuratively) Thesting orpain ofDeath.
  2. Acut orincision made by aweapon.
  3. Theblade orpoint of aweapon(oroccasionally,tool).
  4. Abit(metalpiece for ahorse'smouth)
  5. (rare) Abit(piece orportion).
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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bite

  1. alternative form ofbitte

Etymology 3

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Verb

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bite

  1. alternative form ofbiten

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Cognates includeMinica Huitotobite andNüpode Huitotobitde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbitɛ]
  • Hyphenation:bi‧te

Verb

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bite

  1. (intransitive) tocome

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbite
Nonfuture indicativeFuture indicative
affirmativenegativeaffirmativenegative
mfmfmfmf
1st sgbitɨkuebiñedɨkue1st sgbiitɨkuebiñeitɨkue
2nd sgbitobiñedo2nd sgbiitobiñeito
3rd sg anim1)bitɨmɨebitɨñaiñobiñedɨmɨebiñedɨñaiño3rd sg anim1)biitɨmɨebiitɨñaiñobiñeitɨmɨebiñeitɨñaiño
1st dubitɨkokobitɨkaɨñaɨbiñedɨkokobiñedɨkaɨñaɨ1st dubiitɨkokobiitɨkaɨñaɨbiñeitɨkokobiñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd dubitomɨkobitomɨñoɨbiñedomɨkobiñedomɨñoɨ2nd dubiitomɨkobiitomɨñoɨbiñeitomɨkobiñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim1)bitaɨmaiaɨbitaɨñuaɨbiñedaɨmaiaɨbiñedaɨñuaɨ3rd du anim1)biitaɨmaiaɨbiitaɨñuaɨbiñeitaɨmaiaɨbiñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st plbitɨkaɨbiñedɨkaɨ1st plbiitɨkaɨbiñeitɨkaɨ
2nd plbitomoɨbiñedomoɨ2nd plbiitomoɨbiñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim1)bitɨmakɨbiñedɨmakɨ3rd pl anim1)biitɨmakɨbiñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neutbitebiñede3rd neutbiitebiñeite
ImperativeApprehensiveFuture eventPassiveNegative passiveOverlap
simpleimmediateprohibitivenonfuturefuturenonfuturefuture
bi!
biño!		biñokai!biñeno!biza!biye————bikana
Conditional
realhypotheticalimmediatenegative
biabinabikainabiñenia

1) The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
*) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending-mo directly to the inflected form.
**) The evidentiality markers-dɨ,-za and-ta may be added to any indicative form.

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References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983),Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page36
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017),A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page76

Neapolitan

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Noun

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bite

  1. plural ofbita

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianbīta, fromProto-West Germanic*bītan.

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Verb

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bite

  1. (Mooring, Halligen) tobite

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbite (Mooring dialect)
infinitive Ibite
infinitive II(tu)biten
infinitive IIIänbit
past participleban
imperativebit
 presentpast
1st-person singularbitbiitj
2nd-person singularbatstbiitjst
3rd-person singularbatbiitj
pluralbitebiitjen
 perfectpluperfect
1st-person singularhääwbanhäiban
2nd-person singularhäästbanhäistban
3rd-person singularheetbanhäiban
pluralhääwebanhäinban
 future (schale)future (wårde)
1st-person singularschalbitewårdbite
2nd-person singularschäätbitewårstbite
3rd-person singularschalbitewårtbite
pluralschanbitewårdebite

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsebíta, fromProto-Germanic*bītaną, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”).

Verb

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bite (present tensebiter,past tensebetorbeit,past participlebitt,present participlebitende)

  1. Tobite.

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Verb

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bite (present tensebit,past tensebeit,supinebite,past participlebiten,present participlebitande,imperativebit)

  1. e-infinitive form ofbita (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

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Old English

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*biti.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bite m

  1. bite

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.tɛ/
  • Rhymes:-itɛ
  • Syllabification:bi‧te

Participle

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bite

  1. inflection ofbity:
    1. neuternominative/accusative/vocativesingular
    2. nonvirilenominative/accusative/vocativeplural

Turkish

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Noun

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bite

  1. dativesingular ofbit

West Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianbīta.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bite

  1. Tobite.

Inflection

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Strong class 1
infinitivebite
3rd singular pastbiet
past participlebiten
infinitivebite
long infinitivebiten
gerundbiten n
auxiliaryhawwe
indicativepresent tensepast tense
1st singularbytbiet
2nd singularbytstbietst
clitic formbytstobietsto
3rd singularbytbiet
pluralbitebieten
imperativebyt
participlesbitendbiten

Further reading

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  • “bite (I)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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