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biting
Overview of verb bite
The verb bite has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) bite, seize with teeth -- (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her")
2. (2) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")
3. (1) bite -- (penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface")
4. sting, bite, prick -- (deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")
Overview of adj biting
The adj biting has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious -- (capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire")
2. biting, bitter -- (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind")
Grep of noun biting
biting louse
biting midge
Antonyms of verb bite
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bite
4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
=> grip
=> seize, prehend, clutch
=> take, get hold of
Also See> bite off#1
Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 3
bite
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bite
2 of 4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
=> gnaw
=> snap at, bite off
=> nibble
=> nip
=> nibble
Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
=> nettle, urticate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bite
4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
=> grip
Also See> bite off#1
Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
Sense 3
bite
=> pierce
Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
'Cause To' of verb bite
Derived Forms of verb bite
2 of 4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
RELATED TO>(noun) bite#1
=> bite
RELATED TO>(noun) bite#8
=> bite, chomp
RELATED TO>(noun) biter#1
=> biter
Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
RELATED TO>(noun) bite#3
=> sting, bite, insect bite
Domain of verb bite
Domain Terms of verb bite
Familiarity of verb bite
bite used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb bite
4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
bite
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bite
4 senses of bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
> grip
=> bite, seize with teeth
=> pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
> ache, smart, hurt
=> bite, sting, burn
=> burn
=> itch
=> hunger
=> thirst
=> act up
=> throb
=> shoot
Sense 3
bite
> pierce
=> poke
=> puncture
=> riddle
=> prickle, prick
=> bite
=> punch, perforate
=> sting, bite, prick
=> tap
Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
> pierce
=> poke
=> puncture
=> riddle
=> prickle, prick
=> bite
=> punch, perforate
=> sting, bite, prick
=> tap
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bite
Sense 1
bite, seize with teeth
=> grip
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Sense 2
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
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Sense 3
bite
=> pierce
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Sense 4
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
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Grep of verb bite
backbite
bite
bite off
bite out
Antonyms of adj biting
2 senses of biting
Sense 1
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
INDIRECT (VIA sarcastic) -> unsarcastic
Sense 2
biting, bitter
INDIRECT (VIA painful) -> painless
Similarity of adj biting
2 senses of biting
Sense 1
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
=> sarcastic (vs. unsarcastic)
Sense 2
biting, bitter
=> painful (vs. painless)
Pertainyms of adj biting
Attributes of adj biting
Domain of adj biting
Domain Terms of adj biting
Familiarity of adj biting
biting used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj biting
biting
nail-biting
rock-inhabiting
Grep of adv biting
bitingly
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