To cut, pierce, or divide with the teeth: as, to bite an apple.To remove with the teeth; cut away by biting: with off, out, etc.: as, to bite off a piece of an apple, or bite a piece out of it; to bite off one's nose to spite one's face.To grasp or grip with the teeth; press the teeth strongly upon: as, to bite the thumb or lip. (See phrases below.)To sting, as an insect: as, to be bitten by a flea.To cause a sharp or smarting pain in; cause to smart: as, pepper bites the mouth.To nip, as with frost; blast, blight, or injure.To take fast hold of; grip or catch into or on, so as to act with effect; get purchase from, as by friction: as, the anchor bites the ground; the file bites the iron; the wheels bite the rails.In etching, to corrode or eat into with aquafortis or other mordant, as a metal surface that has been laid bare with an etching-needle: often with in: as, the plate is now bitten in.To cheat; trick; deceive; overreach: now only in the past participle: as, the biter was bit.Synonyms See eat.To have a habit of biting or snapping at persons or things: as, a dog that bites; a biting horse.To pierce, sting, or inflict injury by biting, literally or figuratively.To take a bait, as a fish: either literally or figuratively.To take and keep hold; grip or catch into another object, so as to act on it with effect, obtain purchase or leverage-power from it, and the like: as, the anchor bites; cog-wheels bite when the teeth of one enter into the notches of the other and cause it to revolve.To repress one's thoughts, or restrain one's feelings.n. The act of cutting, piercing, or wounding with the teeth or as with the teeth: as, the bite of a dog; the bite of a crab.n. The seizing of bait by a fish: as, waiting for a bite.n. A wound made by the teeth of an animal or by any of the biting, piercing, or stinging organs of the lower animals: as, a dog's bite; a mosquito-bite; a flea-bite.n. As much as is taken at once by biting; a mouthful: as, a bite of bread.n. Food; victuals: as, three days without either bite or sup.n. The catch or hold that one object or one part of a mechanical apparatus has on another; specifically, in a file, the roughness or power of abrasion: as, the bite of an anchor on the ground; the bite of the wheels of a locomotive on the rails.n. In etching, the corrosion effected by the acid.n. In printing, an imperfection in a printed sheet caused by part of the impression being received on the frisket or paper mask.n. 9. A cheat; a trick; a fraud.n. A sharper; one who cheats.