| query | If a snake or a small insect b____ you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy.If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood. We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes. |
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| word | bit |
| full-definition | verb If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. Both sisters bit their nails as children. He bit into his sandwich. He had bitten the cigarette in two. Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs. Llamas won't bite or kick. If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood. We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes. When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead. The recession started biting deeply into British industry. If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh. The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street. If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. noun A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. He took another bite of apple. You cannot eat a bun in one bite. Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite. If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat. A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention. If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste . ...the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite. If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold . There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow. If something such as a performance or a piece of writing has bite, it is exciting or effective . The teams have that extra bite when they are playing against their neighbours. The novel seems to lack bite and tension–even passion. A bite of something is a small part or amount of it. ...bites of conversation. |
| inflections | bitesbitingbitbitten |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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