biter

«biter» in Mova's school dictionary: a person or animal that bites, or tends to bite — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a biter, biters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A biter is a person or animal that bites, or tends to bite. tree →

2) In fishing, a biter is a fish that takes the bait. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety it describes a dog, pet or toddler that bites: «Be careful, he's a biter». Phrase: «the biter bit» means someone who tried to trick others was tricked themselves.

examples

• Be careful with that hamster, it's a biter. tree →
• Our toddler was a biter at nursery but has stopped. tree →
• The dog wears a muzzle because he's a biter. tree →
• The cheeky trickster was caught in his own trick: the biter bit. tree →
• Mosquitoes are annoying biters on summer evenings. tree →
• The pet shop warned us that the parrot was a biter. tree →

note

From the verb «bite» (bite, bit, bitten) + -er. Plural: biters. Not to be confused with «bitter» (a sharp, unpleasant taste), which has double t.

In the corpora

• Ticks are tiny biters that live in long grass and woods and can spread Lyme disease.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «biter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.