Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt
Proto-Germanic *bītaną
Proto-West Germanic *bītan
Old English bītan
Middle English biten
English bite
From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”).
Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete (“bite”), West Frisian bite (“bite”), Dutch bijten (“bite”), German Low German bieten (“bite”), German beißen, beissen (“bite”), Danish bide (“bite”), Swedish bita (“bite”), Norwegian Bokmål bite (“bite”), Norwegian Nynorsk bita (“bite”), Faroese and Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The act of biting.
[…]I have knowne a very good Fiſher angle diligently four or ſix hours in a day, for three or four dayes together for a River Carp, and not have a bite[…] 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter VIII, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN, pages 168–169:
Now trust me when I tell you, young lady, teeth are something you want to take care of. They’re these rare white things that give us pleasure throughout our life. And give us bite. Our inheritance. Our means of survival. Our right to rule. Their enamel is the front line. And that line needs to be won every day. 2016, Mark Z. Danielewski, The Familiar, Volume 3: Honeysuckle & Pain, Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 513:
(countable, uncountable) The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!
(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.
(countable, uncountable) A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
Not a soul in Corlaix will dare give us bite, sup, or shelter; and we shall die starved in a ditch, all four of us—that much we are our own, but in all else we are Monseigneur’s; all else, I say, all—all. 1906, Hamilton Drummond, The Chain of Seven Lives, F. V. White & Co., Ltd., pages 182–183:
In February of this year, 9to5 was forced to lay off four of its paid staff, and began to feel the bite of its high-rent downtown office space. 1985 December 7, Sib Connor, “9to5: Still Putting In A Day's Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 2:
(countable, slang, uncountable) An act of plagiarism.
That song is a bite of my song!
(countable, uncountable) A small meal or snack.
Wilma, I promise you one thing. Whatever scum is behind this, not a single cop on this police force will have a minute's rest until he's behind bars. Now let's grab a bite to eat. 1988, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, spoken by Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen):
Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no... 2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star:
a bite to eat
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
In Tarabai’s text this exposure is direct, unusually blunt, full of bite and ridicule, and highly polemical. 1998, Vidyut Bhagwat, “Pandita Ramabai’s Strī-Dharma Nīti and Tarabai Shinde’s Strī-Puruṣ Tulanā: The Inner Unity of the Texts”, in Anne Feldhaus, editor, Images of Women in Maharashtrian Society, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 211:
Kathy Santen is full of bite as the bizarrely seduced Lady Anne, although her exaggerated diction is a bit too snappishly Shakespearean. 1996 April 22, Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times:
City scored the goals but periods of ball possession were shared - the difference being Villa lacked bite in the opposition final third. 2011 March 2, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 3 - 0 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
(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.
(colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching. 1725, Thomas Gordon, The Humorist:
(colloquial, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A sharper; one who cheats.
So he went home cursing the Yorkshire bites, and swearing there was no living among them […] 1828, The Newcastle Magazine, volume 7, page 85:
[I]t was conjectured, that Peregrine was a bite from the beginning, who had found credit on account of his effrontery and appearance, and impoſed himſelf upon the town as a young gentleman of fortune. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “Pickle Seems Tolerably Well Reconciled to His Cage; […] ”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 173:
(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, slang, uncountable) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
I know three Americans who are running a bar. The cops come in all the time for a bite. 1993, William S. Burroughs, edited by Oliver Harris, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 92:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of sound bite.
cold open: Starting a TV newscast with video or a bite from the lead story rather than starting with the anchor or the standard show open. 2015, Robert A. Papper, Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook:
(countable, uncountable) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
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vi vết cắn (wound left behind after having been bitten) · he נשיכה (act of biting) · sm ū (wound left behind after having been bitten) · bg хапка (mouthful) · sv bett (wound left behind after having been bitten) · nl beet (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · it morso (act of biting) · ro mușcătură (act of biting) · it puntura (act of biting) · tr sokum (mouthful) · ko 물린 데 (wound left behind after having been bitten) · sv bett (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · qu khachu (mouthful) · pl ukąszenie (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ru уку́с (act of biting) · scn vuccuni (mouthful) · mk каснатина (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ru уку́с (wound left behind after having been bitten) · no stikk (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · lb Stach (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · it morsicatura (act of biting) · it puntura (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ja 咬傷 (wound left behind after having been bitten) · es mordedura (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ga greim (mouthful) · de Biss (wound left behind after having been bitten) · fr morsure (act of biting) · gl chantada (act of biting) · de Biss (act of biting) · sl ugriz (act of biting) · izh panekki (wound left behind after having been bitten) · es habón (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · pt mordedura (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ar لُقْمة (mouthful) · txb ādañc (wound left behind after having been bitten) · fr piqûre (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · mk касај (mouthful) · mk гриз (wound left behind after having been bitten) · tr lokma (mouthful) · ar قَرْصة (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · no bitt (wound left behind after having been bitten) · gl mordedura (act of biting) · es tarascada (act of biting) · ga mant (mouthful) · bg ухапване (act of biting) · sk sústo (mouthful) · no biting (act of biting) · pa ਬੁਰਕੀ (mouthful) · ta வீக்கம் (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · mn зуулт (wound left behind after having been bitten) · gl trabada (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ko 묾 (act of biting) · yue 啖 (mouthful) · gl trabada (act of biting) · es bocado (mouthful) · lb Bëss (wound left behind after having been bitten) · no tygge (mouthful) · nb jafs (mouthful) · el δάγκωμα (act of biting) · hy խայթոց (wound left behind after having been bitten) · hu harapás (act of biting) · pl kęs (mouthful) · la morsus (wound left behind after having been bitten) · mn зуулт (act of biting) · mi wero (wound left behind after having been bitten) · de Stich (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · sv munsbit (mouthful) · zh 喙 (mouthful) · it segno (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · lb Bëss (act of biting) · sl grižjaj (mouthful) · fi purema (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · gl picada (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ur نوالہ (mouthful) · nl hap (mouthful) · ta கடி (wound left behind after having been bitten) · it bozzo (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · pt picada (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · hi दंश (wound left behind after having been bitten) · la ictus (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ca mossegada (act of biting) · sv bitande (act of biting) · sv stick (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · da bid (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ta கடி (act of biting) · fr bouchée (mouthful) · es mordedura (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · el δαγκωματιά (act of biting) · af bytplek (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · he נגיסה (act of biting) · sl ugriz (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ro mușcătură (wound left behind after having been bitten) · nl beet (wound left behind after having been bitten) · sk hryzenie (act of biting) · af happie (mouthful) · es mordisco (act of biting) · hu falat (mouthful) · grc δῆγμα (wound left behind after having been bitten) · pt mordedura (act of biting) · fi purema (wound left behind after having been bitten) · hu csípés (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · da bid (act of biting) · zh 口 (mouthful) · hi डसना (act of biting) · mn үмх (mouthful) · lv kodums (wound left behind after having been bitten) · tr ısırık (act of biting) · ro îmbucătură (mouthful) · mk гризење (act of biting) · sk uhryznutie (act of biting) · pl ugryzienie (act of biting) · ka ლუკმა (mouthful) · ro mușcătură (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · izh suupala (mouthful) · gl mordedela (act of biting) · no jafs (mouthful) · af byt (wound left behind after having been bitten) · el τσίμπημα (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · it boccone (mouthful) · el μπουκιά (mouthful) · es picadura (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · hu harapás (wound left behind after having been bitten) · gl mordida (act of biting) · sk štípanec (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · yue 𧕴 (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · ta வாய் நிறைய (mouthful) · no bitt (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · pt mordida (act of biting) · de Bissen (mouthful) · hi निवाला (mouthful) · fi suupala (mouthful) · fi puraisu (act of biting) · pt bocado (mouthful) · pl ugryzienie (wound left behind after having been bitten) · ru кусок (mouthful) · no munnfull (mouthful) · sm ū (mouthful) · nl bijten (act of biting) · ru уку́с (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · af byt (act of biting) · es mordedura (act of biting) · hak 口 (mouthful) · lb Maufel (mouthful) · pt mordida (wound left behind after having been bitten) · sk kúsanie (act of biting) · el δάγκωμα (wound left behind after having been bitten) · bg ухапване (wound left behind after having been bitten) · gu કોળિયો (mouthful) · mk залак (mouthful) · mk гриз (act of biting) · eo mordo (wound left behind after having been bitten) · tr ısırık (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · fr morsure (wound left behind after having been bitten) · es picadura (wound left behind after having been bitten) · it escrescenza (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · hu harapás (mouthful) · srn beti (act of biting) · it morsicatura (wound left behind after having been bitten) · es mordida (act of biting) · tr ısırık (wound left behind after having been bitten) · da bid (mouthful) · nrf pitcheuse (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) · sv tugga (mouthful)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt
Proto-Germanic *bītaną
Proto-West Germanic *bītan
Old English bītan
Middle English biten
English bite
From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”).
Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete (“bite”), West Frisian bite (“bite”), Dutch bijten (“bite”), German Low German bieten (“bite”), German beißen, beissen (“bite”), Danish bide (“bite”), Swedish bita (“bite”), Norwegian Bokmål bite (“bite”), Norwegian Nynorsk bita (“bite”), Faroese and Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”).
Meanings
(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
That dog is about to bite!
(in the negative, intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Are the fish biting today?
(figuratively, intransitive) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
(intransitive, of an insect, transitive) To sting.
These mosquitoes are really biting today!
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
It bites like pepper or mustard.
(figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Pepper bites the mouth.
[…]froſts doe bite the Meads[…] c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:
(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
At the laſt it [wine] biteth like a ſerpent, and ſtingeth like ‖ an adder. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 23:32, column 1:
(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
The anchor bites.
(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
[…]the last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, and it now turned and turned with nothing to bite[…] 1859, Charles Dickens, “Fire Rises”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book II (The Golden Thread), page 152:
The anchor bites the ground.
(slang, stative) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
This music really bites.
(informal, transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.
(intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
He always be biting my moves.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To deceive or defraud; to take in.
km ចឹក (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · lld morde (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ba тештәү (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · tg газидан (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ro înțepa (sting) · fi purra (fall for a deception) · vot haukõtõ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · khi-kun taː (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hrx beise (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sv bita (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ta கடி (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lij morde (cut into by clamping the teeth) · osx bitan (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pt morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hsb kusać (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mi tītope (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · mwl morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · frr bit (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · tr yemek (fall for a deception) · tl kagat (cut into by clamping the teeth) · az dişləmək (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · pl ukąsić (sting) · pt morder (bite a baited hook or other lure) · es atarazar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fr maintenir (take hold) · is bíta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk zožrať (fall for a deception) · ota دیشلمك (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fr mordre (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pl kąsać (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · el δαγκώνω (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · gl trabar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · el τσιμπάω (sting) · de beißen (bite a baited hook or other lure) · hak 咬 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · non bíta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ta விழு (fall for a deception) · sq kafshoj (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru укуси́ть (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · io mordar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fi puraista (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · dlg ытыр (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ta பிடி (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · co murda (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fi pistää (sting) · ky кабуу (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hy կծել (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pt morder (sting) · sk zahryznúť (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hi दंश (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk па́ѓа (fall for a deception) · ga bain greim as (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ml കടി (cut into by clamping the teeth) · krl purra (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sm ū (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ka მოჭმა (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es mordiscar (sting) · sl ugrizniti (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · la mordeō (cut into by clamping the teeth) · th กัด (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · fa گاز گرفتن (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · oc mossegar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sh ùgristi (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fa گزیدن (sting) · yue 咬 (sting) · gld сиаори (cut into by clamping the teeth) · af byt (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es tarascar (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sk uštipnúť (sting) · pl kupować (fall for a deception) · mn зуух (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ivb sonyiten (cut into by clamping the teeth) · izh neeglata (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · he נשך (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · uz tishlamoq (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · fy bite (cut into by clamping the teeth) · be ўкусі́ць (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · pl ugryźć (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · co mursicà (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk odhryznúť (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pms morde (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bo སོ་རྒྱག (cut into by clamping the teeth) · kaw gĕgĕt (cut into by clamping the teeth) · no bite på (bite a baited hook or other lure) · kw bratha (cut into by clamping the teeth) · izh purra (cut into by clamping the teeth) · frr bit (cut into by clamping the teeth) · zh 咬住 (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ta கடி (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fi purra (take hold) · ruq mútšcu (cut into by clamping the teeth) · el τσιμπάω (fall for a deception) · fa نیش زدن (sting) · cs kousat (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fi syödä (bite a baited hook or other lure) · tyv ызырар (cut into by clamping the teeth) · yue 咬住 (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · br dantañ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · crh tişlemek (cut into by clamping the teeth) · qu kanii (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es agarrar (take hold) · uk укуси́ти (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · bua зууха (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bg отха́пвам (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hi डसना (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · gl trabar (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fr mordre (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · es mordisquear (sting) · hy կծել (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · cy brathu (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · he נגס (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru отку́сывать (cut into by clamping the teeth) · nl bijten (cut into by clamping the teeth) · grc δάκνω (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bg хапя (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · km ខាំ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hi काटना (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hi दंश (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sl ugrizniti (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lb bäissen (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tr ısırmak (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ga bain sclamh as (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · hu szájában tart (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · fur muardi (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lv kost (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mi wero (sting) · gl trincar (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · mn зуух (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · sl gristi (bite a baited hook or other lure) · no bite (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tr ısırmak (sting) · ba тешләү (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · no bite (sting) · ota دیشلمك (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ru куса́ть (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · hu megcsíp (sting) · hu harap (cut into by clamping the teeth) · km ខាំ (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · km ខាំ (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fa به دندان گرفتن (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · sk hrýzť (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · de beißen (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · grc δάκνω (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · tr dişlemek (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ga bain plaic as (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · be куса́ць (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · eo mordi (cut into by clamping the teeth) · uga 𐎐𐎘𐎋 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · cs kousat (sting) · fr mordre (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · pl chwytać (bite a baited hook or other lure) · my ကိုက် (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru ужа́лить (sting) · az dişləmək (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn зуух (cut into by clamping the teeth) · zh 咬 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · yur teykeluemek' (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mdf сускомс (cut into by clamping the teeth) · da bide (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mak koko (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ta கடி (sting) · ast morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es morder (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · fa گاز زدن (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ar قَضَمَ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tr sokmak (sting) · niu uū (cut into by clamping the teeth) · te కాటు (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fi purra (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es morder (sting) · da bide (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · cu кѫсати (cut into by clamping the teeth) · su gogot (cut into by clamping the teeth) · el δαγκώνω (cut into by clamping the teeth) · chr ᎠᏍᎦᎵᎦ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ba тештәү (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 물어떼다 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk ка́са (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · bg щипя (sting) · lv kost (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · kgp pra (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bn কামড়ানো (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · sw -uma (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 물다 (take hold) · cdo 咬 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru грызть (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · olo haukkien (cut into by clamping the teeth) · izh reppiä (bite a baited hook or other lure) · hu harap (bite a baited hook or other lure) · zh 咬 (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ru укуси́ть (sting) · bg хапя (sting) · sh гри̏сти (cut into by clamping the teeth) · yur teykelew (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk гри́зе (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sa दशति (cut into by clamping the teeth) · id gigit (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · tr dişlemek (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · it morsicare (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · za haeb (cut into by clamping the teeth) · uk куса́ти (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ia morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sv bita (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · es morder (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · rap ngau (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 깨물다 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 물다 (bite a baited hook or other lure) · myv сускомс (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn хазах (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ru куса́ть (sting) · olo purta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · frr bitj (cut into by clamping the teeth) · gl picar (sting) · mww tom (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ba ҡабыу (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · vi cắn (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ota صوقمق (sting) · bg заха́пвам (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · vep haukuta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ba тештәү (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sh grȉsti (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · kw brath (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru куса́ть (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · vo beitön (cut into by clamping the teeth) · jv cokot (cut into by clamping the teeth) · la morsico (cut into by clamping the teeth) · no bite (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · et hammustama (cut into by clamping the teeth) · cs kousnout (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ltg kūst (cut into by clamping the teeth) · vi cắn (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky тиштердин кабышып турушу (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hi डसना (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sv nappa (bite a baited hook or other lure) · ko 쏘다 (sting) · lud purda (cut into by clamping the teeth) · uk куса́ти (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · nds bieten (cut into by clamping the teeth) · zu -luma (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk zabrať (bite a baited hook or other lure) · lb bäissen (bite a baited hook or other lure) · frr bite (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sl ugrizniti (fall for a deception) · mk гризе (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky үзүм (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ang bitan (cut into by clamping the teeth) · dlm moscuar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · vro haukama (cut into by clamping the teeth) · vro purõma (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk zhltnúť (fall for a deception) · ar عَضَّ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru попа́сться (fall for a deception) · sk pichnúť (sting) · pl odgryzać (cut into by clamping the teeth) · gl adentar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tet tata (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bkt swa (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sah ытыр (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk боде (sting) · sw -uma (sting) · gl triscar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mi ngau (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 돌리다 (fall for a deception) · pl żądlić (sting) · fi haukata (cut into by clamping the teeth) · th กัด (cut into by clamping the teeth) · cy cnoi (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fo bíta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · su gogot (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · qu kanii (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · hi काटना (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ale kixsix (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ta பிடி (take hold) · pt cair (fall for a deception) · ar عَضَّ (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · sk kúsať (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ist mursagà (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn хатгах (sting) · ro mușca (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk каса (sting) · yue 叮 (sting) · ko 물다 (sting) · no bite (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · gl chanchar (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ckb گەستن (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ne टोक्नु (cut into by clamping the teeth) · gl morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sh гри̏сти (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · pl ukąsić (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · as কামোৰ (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · om ciniinuu (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn хазах (sting) · ca mossegar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky кесүү (cut into by clamping the teeth) · zea biete (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tsg kutkut (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 물다 (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · pt morder (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · lmo mord (cut into by clamping the teeth) · vec morsegar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lo ກັດ (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ru клева́ть (bite a baited hook or other lure) · srn beti (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ln swa (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky чагуу (cut into by clamping the teeth) · egy p:z-H-bH-A2 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · id gigit (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky тиштөө (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · bg захапвам (bite a baited hook or other lure) · ko 물어떼다 (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · mbb kaɣat (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk uhryznúť (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · bn দংশন করা (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · dlm morscuor (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fi puraista (sting) · ar قطم (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mi tītope (sting) · ms gigit (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ota دیشلمك (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · pl kąsać (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk chytiť sa (fall for a deception) · zh 咬 (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · as খুঁটিয়া (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ru укуси́ть (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · mn хазах (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lb bäissen (sting) · pam ket (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ro mușca (bite a baited hook or other lure) · sl ugrizniti (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · rup mushc (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk одгризува (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hy կծել (sting) · ast ñascar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pt agarrar (take hold) · ta பிடி (bite a baited hook or other lure) · lt kąsti (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sk brať (bite a baited hook or other lure) · hu megharap (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · vi cắn (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fa گزیدن (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · cy cnoi (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · br dantañ (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · es morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · kpv курччыны (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lt kąsti (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lb bäissen (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ru клю́нуть (bite a baited hook or other lure) · yur naamewetek' (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · msk kagat (cut into by clamping the teeth) · vot purrõ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · got 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fr garder (take hold) · yue 咬 (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · kpv пурны (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sk štípať (sting) · eu ausiki (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pl użądlić (sting) · mk загризува (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ar عض (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn үмхэх (bite a baited hook or other lure) · qu kaniy (cut into by clamping the teeth) · lt kandžioti (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · sv bita (cut into by clamping the teeth) · it abboccare (bite a baited hook or other lure) · bg захапвам (take hold) · ar عض (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ro mușca (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · enw ló (cut into by clamping the teeth) · de beißen (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ofs bīta (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru хвата́ть (take hold) · es picar (sting) · gl picar (bite a baited hook or other lure) · la īcō (sting) · so qaniin (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bug oko (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ban gutgut (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru жа́лить (sting) · sh у̀гристи (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk гризе (bite a baited hook or other lure) · qu kaniy (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · mt igdem (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fi purra (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ka კბენს (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru откуси́ть (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn хазах (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · izh pistää (sting) · hu harap (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ruo mučcå (cut into by clamping the teeth) · hu fog (take hold) · mn үмхэх (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · sh ùgristi (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · as খোঁট (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · ro mușca (sting) · rm morder (cut into by clamping the teeth) · el τσιμπάω (bite a baited hook or other lure) · mg manaikitra (cut into by clamping the teeth) · gl trincar (take hold) · scn muzzicari (cut into by clamping the teeth) · yue 咬 (cut into by clamping the teeth) · rue куса́ти (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ar عض (cut into by clamping the teeth) · de beißen (sting) · hu csíp (sting) · no bite på (fall for a deception) · sk kúsať (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · fr tomber dans le panneau (fall for a deception) · mnc ᠰᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · egy p:z-H-bH-A2 (sting) · hu beleharap (cut into by clamping the teeth) · af byt (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · pt picar (sting) · sk hrýzť (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · fr mordre (sting) · vep purda (cut into by clamping the teeth) · zh 叮 (sting) · kk тістеу (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · hu ráharap (bite a baited hook or other lure) · it mordere (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mk загризува (bite a baited hook or other lure) · kmr gestin (cut into by clamping the teeth) · uz tishlamoq (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mt igdem (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fr marcher (fall for a deception) · kw bratha (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · dsb kusyś (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ko 속다 (fall for a deception) · te కుట్టు (sting) · mk насе́днува (fall for a deception) · zh 咬 (sting) · pl kąsać (sting) · sh у̀гристи (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · cy brathu (cut into by clamping the teeth) · mn үмхэх (cut into by clamping the teeth) · af byt (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · pl chwycić (bite a baited hook or other lure) · tg газидан (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tk dişlemek (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · krl haukkie (cut into by clamping the teeth) · gl trincar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · csb kãsać (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bg кълва (bite a baited hook or other lure) · koi курчны (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pl gryźć (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · lo ກັດ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky тиштөө (cut into by clamping the teeth) · be куса́ць (cut into by clamping the teeth) · tr ısırmak (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · bn কামড়ানো (take hold) · qu khachuy (cut into by clamping the teeth) · km ចឹក (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · nl bijten (bite a baited hook or other lure) · ja かむ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · sh grȉsti (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pl gryźć (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · el δαγκώνω (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · te కొరుకు (cut into by clamping the teeth) · it pungere (sting) · fr mordre (bite a baited hook or other lure) · gl trabar (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · und pizza (cut into by clamping the teeth) · bg жиля (sting) · fr piquer (sting) · lt kandžiotis (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · rup mãshcu (cut into by clamping the teeth) · pt abocanhar (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · yi בײַסן (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky тилке (cut into by clamping the teeth) · es tarascar (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ba тешләү (cut into by clamping the teeth) · fr mordre (fall for a deception) · gug su'u (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ky кесим (cut into by clamping the teeth) · ru купи́ться (fall for a deception) · pl odgryźć (cut into by clamping the teeth) · nl bijten (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · grc δάκνω (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · es picar (bite a baited hook or other lure) · ja 噛む (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · ba тешләү (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · mk гризе (hold something by clamping one’s teeth) · or ଦଂଶନ (cut into by clamping the teeth) · qu khaniy (attack with the teeth — see also maul) · mn амаараа шороо үмхэх (fall for a deception) · zh 咬 (cut into by clamping the teeth)