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noun
  1. 1
    an act of cutting or breaking something using your teeth in order to eat it

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    To have or use teeth: bite, bite at, bite, champ, chatter, chew, chew up, chomp, crunch, gnaw... more
    1. a.
      an amount of food that you bite with your teeth

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

      Amounts and pieces of food: batch, bed, bite, bowl, bowlful, c., cake, can, consumption, crumb... more
  2. 2

    a bite

     or

    a bite to eat

     a small meal, especially one that you eat in a hurry

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    Types of meal: banquet, barbecue, barbie, BBQ, a bite, box lunch, breakfast, breakfast bar, brunch, buffet... more
    1. a.
      a small piece of food prepared so that you can eat it in one bite

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

      Amounts and pieces of food: batch, bed, bite, bowl, bowlful, c., cake, can, consumption, crumb... more
  3. 3
    an instance of an animal biting someone

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    Animal behaviour: beach, bite, bite, bristle, buck, burrow, cast, claw, frisk, gore... more
    1. a.
      a mark or injury where an animal or insect has bitten you

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

      Injuries and wounds: injury, loss, wound, fracture, bruise, bruising, scrape, concussion, self-injury, sprain... more
  4. 4
    a pull at the hook when you are fishing, made by a fish trying to take the bait on the hook

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    Hunting, shooting and fishing: angling, bag, bait, big game, bite, bite, blood sports, capture, cast, cast... more
  5. 5
    a very cold feeling

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    Feeling very cold: chill, shivery, freeze, bite, frozen, chilled/frozen to the bone... more
  6. 6
    a pleasant bitter or strong taste

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of bite*

    Taste, flavour and consistency: taste, tang, savor, sweetness, bite, body, texture, aftertaste, flavor... more

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