Bite vs. Onychophagist

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Biteverb

(transitive) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.

Biteverb

(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.

Biteverb

To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

Biteverb

To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Biteverb

To sting.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Biteverb

(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.

Biteverb

(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

Biteverb

To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

Biteverb

To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

Biteverb

To plagiarize, to imitate.

Biteverb

(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.

Bitenoun

The act of biting.

Bitenoun

The wound left behind after having been bitten.

Bitenoun

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Bitenoun

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

Bitenoun

(slang) Something unpleasant.

Bitenoun

(slang) An act of plagiarism.

Bitenoun

A small meal or snack.

Bitenoun

(figuratively) aggression

Bitenoun

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.

Bitenoun

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bitenoun

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bitenoun

(printing) 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.

Biteverb

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

Biteverb

To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

Biteverb

To cheat; to trick; to take in.

Biteverb

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

Biteverb

To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

Biteverb

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

Biteverb

To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Biteverb

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

Biteverb

To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

Bitenoun

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.

Bitenoun

The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.

Bitenoun

The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

Bitenoun

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Bitenoun

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.

Bitenoun

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bitenoun

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bitenoun

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.

Bitenoun

a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

Bitenoun

a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;

Bitenoun

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

Bitenoun

a light informal meal

Bitenoun

(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;

Bitenoun

wit having a sharp and caustic quality;

Bitenoun

a strong odor or taste property;

Bitenoun

the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

Bitenoun

a portion removed from the whole;

Biteverb

to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;

Biteverb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Biteverb

penetrate or cut, as with a knife;

Biteverb

deliver a sting to;

Biteverb

(of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into something

Biteverb

use the teeth in order to inflict injury on

Biteverb

(of a snake, insect, or spider) wound with fangs, pincers, or a sting

Biteverb

(of an acid) corrode a surface

Biteverb

(of a fish) take the bait or lure on the end of a fishing line into the mouth

Biteverb

be persuaded to accept a deal or offer

Biteverb

annoy or worry

Biteverb

(of a tool, tyre, boot, etc.) grip or take hold on a surface

Biteverb

(of an object) press into a part of the body, causing pain

Biteverb

cause emotional pain

Biteverb

(of a policy or situation) take effect, with unpleasant consequences

Biteverb

be very bad, unpleasant, or unfortunate

Bitenoun

an act of biting something in order to eat it

Bitenoun

a wound inflicted by an animal's or a person's teeth

Bitenoun

a wound inflicted by a snake, insect, or spider

Bitenoun

an instance of bait being taken by a fish

Bitenoun

the bringing together of the teeth so that the jaws are closed.

Bitenoun

an imprint of the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed, made in a plastic material.

Bitenoun

a piece cut off by biting

Bitenoun

a quick snack

Bitenoun

a small morsel of prepared food, intended to constitute one mouthful

Bitenoun

a short piece of information.

Bitenoun

a sharp or pungent flavour

Bitenoun

incisiveness or cogency of style

Bitenoun

a feeling of cold in the air or wind

Onychophagistnoun

(rare) A person who bites his or her fingernails.

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