Found 3 items, similar to bitten.
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Definition: bitten
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bitten
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”
[also:
bitten,
bit]
bite
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]
bitten
See
bite
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bitten
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[=i]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG.
b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[=i]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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Bitten
\Bit"ten\,
p. p. of
Bite.
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Bitten
\Bit"ten\, a. (Bot.)
Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.
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