bite noun (USE TEETH) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

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/baɪt/ n

Definition

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[C] when you bite something

He took a bite (= bit a piece) out of the apple.

He had two bites of apple.

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[C] a sore place or injury where an animal or insect has bitten you

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[S] when a fish bites the hook (= curved piece of wire) on the end of a fishing line and is caught

have a bite to eat (also have a quick bite) informal

to eat some food or a small meal

(Definition of bite noun (USE TEETH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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