bites
/baɪts/
bites is the plural of bite.
bites is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bite.
Meaning of bite
Noun
bite (countable and uncountable, plural bites)
- The act of biting.
- […]I have knowne a very good Fiſher angle diligently four or ſix hours in a day, for three or four dayes together for a River Carp, and not have a bite[…]1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter VIII, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC...
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- That snake bite really hurts!
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
- Synonyms:
- sting
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- There were only a few bites left on the plate.
- Something unpleasant.
- In February of this year, 9to5 was forced to lay off four of its paid staff, and began to feel the bite of its high-rent downtown office space.1985 December 7, Sib Connor, “9to5: Still Putting In A Day's Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 2
- An act of plagiarism.
- That song is a bite of my song!
Phrases with bites
- bites in
- bites it
- bee bites
- bites off
- cow bites
- dry bites
- tax bites
- bites back
- bites down
- love bites
- open bites
- tick bites
39 more phrasesFewer phrases
- angel bites
- fight bites
- pizza bites
- sight bites
- snake bites
- sound bites
- stork bites
- mating bites
- monkey bites
- man bites dog
- scissor bites
- bites the curb
- bites the dust
- claiming bites
- mosquito bites
- scissors bites
- bites one's lip
- bites in the ass
- bites on granite
- bites the bullet
- bites in the arse
- bites one's nails
- bites one's thumb
- bites the big one
- bites the biscuit
- bites at the apple
- bites of the apple
- bites one's tongue
- comes up and bites
- bites at the cherry
- bites of the cherry
- bites someone's hand off
- bites someone's head off
- a barking dog never bites
- a barking dog seldom bites
- another one bites the dust
- bites of the reality sandwich
- bites the hand that feeds one
- bites off more than one can chew
Words that rhyme with bites
Questions about bites
- What is bites the plural of?
- Bites is the plural of bite.
- How do you pronounce bites?
- Bites is pronounced /baɪts/.
Words near bites in the dictionary
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