bite
part of speech
verb (bite, bites, bit, bitten, biting); noun (a bite, bites)
meaning for a pupil
1) To cut or hold something with your teeth: "Bite the apple." tree →
2) For an insect or snake, to hurt with its mouth or sting: "A mosquito bit me." tree →
3) As a noun, an act of biting or the mark left: "a dog bite". tree →
4) A small amount of food: "a bite to eat". tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, animals bite to eat or defend themselves; teeth shapes show what animals eat. In safety: don't put fingers near unknown animals' mouths, read a dog's warning signs, keep away from snakes and spiders that may bite; tell an adult about any animal bite. Phrases: a bite to eat, bite your nails, bite your tongue, frostbite, bitten by the bug.
examples
- Take a big bite of your sandwich. tree →
- The dog might bite if you scare it. tree →
- Mosquito bites itch. tree →
- She bites her nails when she is nervous. tree →
- Let's grab a bite to eat. tree →
- Wash an animal bite and tell an adult. tree →
- Some snakes bite to defend themselves. tree →
- I bit my tongue by accident. tree →
note
Past "bit", past participle "bitten". "Bite" sounds like "byte" (computer data). A dog that wags its tail can still bite; look at its whole body.
In the corpora
- Every zebra has its own stripe pattern, and the best evidence says the stripes help keep biting flies from landing.
- Zebras defend themselves with powerful kicks and bites that can badly injure a lion, and they have never been tamed like horses.
- Sharks don't hunt humans; bites are very rare and often a mistake, and people kill around 100 million sharks a year.
- A real bite gives nobody powers, but real spiders do have amazing versions of all three.
- Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.