bite
/bɑɪt/ n [C] (USE OF TEETH)Definition
› the act of using your teeth to cut and tear something, or the piece torn away: He took a few bites of the chicken and drank some water. › A bite is also a sore place on the surface of your skin made by an insect: mosquito bites › In fishing, a bite is a fish taking a hook in its mouth.
(Definition of bite n (USE OF TEETH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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