BITING

To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

Example: "As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is."

To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

To attack with the teeth.

Example: "That dog is about to bite!"

To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

Example: "If you see me, come and say hello. i don't bite."

To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

Example: "I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."

To have significant effect, often negative.

Example: "For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."

(of a fish) to bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

Example: "Are the fish biting today?"

To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Example: "I've planted the story. do you think they'll bite?"

(of an insect) to sting.

Example: "These mosquitoes are really biting today!"

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

Example: "It bites like pepper or mustard."

(sometimes figurative) to cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

Example: "Pepper bites the mouth."

To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

To take or keep a firm hold.

Example: "The anchor bites."

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

Example: "The anchor bites the ground."

To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

Example: "This music really bites."

To perform oral sex on. used in invective.

Example: "You don't like that i sat on your car? bite me."

To plagiarize, to imitate.

Example: "He always be biting my moves."

To deceive or defraud; to take in.