Bitten

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bitten \Bit"ten\,
     p. p. of {Bite}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bitten \Bit"ten\, a. (Bot.)
     Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bitten
       See {bite}