Essential daily English vocabulary with pictures. Bite. 05/06/2011.(06-05-2011).

1. bite past tense bit past participle bitten present participle biting
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3. teeth

4.   [intransitive and transitive] to use your teeth to cut, crush, or chew something:
5. The dog bit him and made his hand bleed.
6. bite into/through/at/down
7. She bit into a croissant and took a sip of coffee.
8. An adult conger eel can easily bite through a man's leg.
9. Nina pushed her fist into her mouth and bit down hard.
10. bite something off
11. a man whose arm was bitten off by an alligator
12. bite your nails (=bite the nails on your fingers, especially because you are nervous)
13. I wish I could stop biting my nails.
14. bite your lip (=because you are upset or not sure what to say)
15. She paused uncertainly, biting her lip.
16. 2
17. insect/snake
18.   [intransitive and transitive] to injure someone by making a hole in their skin [↪ sting]:
19. I think I've been bitten.
20. The dog's been badly bitten by fleas.
21. 3
22. press hard
23.   [intransitive] if an object bites into a surface, it presses firmly into it and does not move or slip
24. bite into
25. The hooves of the galloping horses had bitten deep into the soft earth.
26. He wore boots that bit into the ice.
27. 4
28. effect
29.   [intransitive] to start to have an unpleasant effect:
30. The new tobacco taxes have begun to bite.
31. bite into
32. The recession is biting into the music industry.
33. 5
34. accept
35.   [intransitive] to believe what someone tells you or to buy something they are selling, especially when they have persuaded you to do this:
36. The new camcorders were withdrawn after consumers failed to bite.
37. 6
38. fish
39.   [intransitive] if a fish bites, it takes food from a hook and so gets caught:
40. The fish just aren't biting today.
41. 7
42.  bite your tongue
43.  to stop yourself from saying what you really think, even though this is difficult:
44. She should have bitten her tongue.
45. 8
46.  bite the dust
47.  informal to die, fail, or be defeated:
48. Italy's championship hopes eventually bit the dust.
49. 9
50.  bite the bullet
51.  informal to start dealing with an unpleasant or dangerous situation because you cannot avoid it any longer:
52. I finally bit the bullet and left.
53. 10
54.  bite off more than you can chew
55.  to try to do more than you are able to do
56. 11
57.  he/she won't bite
58.  spoken used to say that there is no need to be afraid of someone, especially someone in authority:
59. Well go and ask him - he won't bite!
60. 12
61.  what's biting you/her etc?
62.  spoken used to ask why someone is annoyed or upset
63. 13
64.  something/somebody bites
65.  spoken not polite used to say that you dislike someone or something very much or think that something is very bad
66. 14
67.  once bitten, twice shy
68.  used to say that if you have failed or been hurt once, you will be more careful next time
69. 15
70.  bite the hand that feeds you
71.  to harm someone who has helped or supported you
72. 16
73.  be bitten by the showbiz/travel/flying etc bug
74.  to develop a very strong interest in something
75. ➔ bite somebody's head off
76.   at head¹ (33) ➔ nail-biting
77. bite back 
78.  phrasal verb
79. 1
80.  bite something ↔ back
81.  to stop yourself from saying or showing what you really think:
82. Tamar bit back the retort which sprang to her lips.
83. 2 to react strongly and angrily to something
84. bite back at
85. Determined to bite back at car thieves, he wired his car to an electric fence.
86. Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
87. Advanced Learner's Dictionary.