Overview of verb bite

The verb bite has 4 senses

• bite, seize with teeth -- (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her")


• bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")


• bite -- (penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface")


• sting, bite, prick -- (deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")

Overview of adj biting

The adj biting has 2 senses

• barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious -- (capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire")


• biting, bitter -- (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind")