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bite

[bahyt] / baɪt /
NOUN
injury from biting or stinging
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NOUN
mouthful of food
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STRONGEST


NOUN
pungency; stinging sensation
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STRONG
WEAK
tastelessness
NOUN
allotment
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STRONG




VERB
take a chance
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Example Sentences

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The result is a crumb that is delicate, every forkful a moist, subtlety sweet bite.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The department did not provide details on what the suspect was wanted for or if he would face additional charges connected to the bite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Their loss will come back to bite companies sooner than they realize, writes On the Clock columnist Callum Borchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Yet shoppers who prefer fresh turkey — around 10% of customers — should certainly get ready for the bird to take a bigger bite into their wallet, Lempert said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rowdy had seen the monkey bite me and he really got mad.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

That doesn’t mean people should worry, as the vast majority of encounters don’t result in bites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

This weekend, leave the predictable bag of chips behind and win the cookout with thrilling bites from Thailand, Canada, and even … Pennsylvania.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

On Monday morning, Samba was rushed from her home at Project Survival’s Cat Haven in Dunlap to the Fresno Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center, about 44 miles west, after suffering two rattlesnake bites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The courses begin with three savory bites before transitioning into full-fledged desserts, including a deconstructed version of her signature multilayered mousse cake, with flavors of brown rice and pecan praline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Mr. Dovlo hauled himself up with effort, scratching at his bites.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

At the 39th ceremony, Los Tigres del Norte presented a bit of that story to the people of Minnesota — who were collectively honored with the Humanitarian Award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"I was on maternity leave with my son and just wanted something to occupy my brain a bit, so I took the plunge," she told BBC Radio Solent.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This public forum thing is a little bit complicated in this context because there are actually multiple public forums here.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Key details: In a bit of good news for investors, a separate measure of inflation that strips out energy rose a smaller-than-expected 0.2% in August.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

I look at Grandma, and she, too, isn’t the least bit concerned about the heights that the kids are reaching.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A surfer in his fifties was rushed to hospital on Monday after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

“Wouldn’t someone bitten or scratched 3 months ago already be rabid and possibly even dead?” another visitor posted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

That radioactive spider that transformed Peter Parker into Spider-Man could have bitten the class moron just as easily.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Incidents of sharks biting humans are incredibly rare, but at least three influencers have been bitten by the animals in less than a year.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Then he made me stand there while he chewed the piece he’d bitten off.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The animal has red eyes and a short proboscis equipped with claws that help it grab food before biting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

To distract the dog from biting them, they said, they fed it cereal they’d taken from a neighboring house where Yakeschi’s aunt lived.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

You can cat-proof them by wrapping them in no-chew, bitter-tasting bandages, which veterinary clinics use to prevent animals from biting them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Incidents of sharks biting humans are incredibly rare, but at least three influencers have been bitten by the animals in less than a year.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

More monkeys were lined up on his back like snowbirds on a fence; biting, clawing, and squealing.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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