bite

/bɑɪt/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle bit /bɪt/, past participle bitten /ˈbɪt·ən/) (USE TEETH)

Definition

› to use your teeth to cut into something: [I/T] He bit (into) the apple. [I/T] You have to teach your children not to bite (other kids). › If an insect bites, it breaks the surface of the skin of a person and leaves a sore place: [I] We can’t eat outside tonight – the mosquitoes are biting. › A fish bites when it takes a fishing hook into its mouth: [I] We were on the lake all day, but the fish just weren’t biting.

(Definition of bite v (USE TEETH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)