bite
A piece of food of a size that would be produced by bitingA piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
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» Let's have a bite to eat.
Ходімо щось перекусимо. — deniko
Давай щось перекусимо. — deniko
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Examples
423 sentencesMeaning
15 senses(countable, uncountable)A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
There were only a few bites left on the plate.
Bissen
кусокkusok
(countable, uncountable)The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
Stich
уку́сukús
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
(countable, uncountable)The act of biting.
Biss
уку́сukús
More meanings 12
(countable, uncountable)The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!
Biss
уку́сukús
(countable, uncountable)A small meal or snack.
a bite to eat
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
(figuratively, uncountable)Incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
(figuratively, uncountable)Aggression.
(countable, uncountable)The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
(countable, uncountable)A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
(countable, uncountable)The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Something unpleasant.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An act of plagiarism.
That song is a bite of my song!
Origin
From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītaFrom Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”).
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Forms
plural: bitesSynonyms
10 synonyms- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful:morselbit
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin:stinginsect bite
- a light informal meal:collationsnack
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality:pungency
- a strong odor or taste property:pungencysharpnessraciness
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws:chomp
Word family
50 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- grab a bite
- bite to eat
- took a bite
- a bite to
- mosquito bites
- bite out of
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.