Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated)To corrode metallic plates by means of an acid, as part of an etching process.

  2. (dated, transitive)To repress (an emotion); bite back.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. I got a lot of insect bites in the woods.

    В лісі мене сильно покусали комахи. — ChickenKiev

    ruВ лесу меня искусали насекомые. — Wezel

    deIch habe im Wald etliche Insektenstiche davongetragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I was bitten in the leg by that dog.

    ruЭта собака укусила меня за ногу. — marafon

    deIch wurde von dem Hund ins Bein gebissen. — Naina

  3. There was a bite in his remark.

  4. Ziri noticed the bites in the gazelle.

  5. Spiders only bite people in extreme situations.

Forms

bites in, biting in, bit in, bitten in
Base formbite in · to bite in
3rd person singularbites in
Present participlebiting in
Past simplebit in
Past participlebitten in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybite in
he, she, itbites in

Past simpleLesson

all personsbit in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bitten in
he, she, ithas bitten in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bite in

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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