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{
"term": "bite",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "bite",
"heSheIt": "bites"
},
"pastSimple": "bit",
"pastParticiple": "bitten",
"ingForm": "biting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to use your teeth to cut into or through something",
"sensetop": "bite into/through somethingbite somebody/somethingbite off something/sth off",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Does your dog bite?"
},
{
"text": "Come here! I won't bite! *(= you don't need to be afraid)*"
},
{
"text": "She bit into a ripe juicy pear.",
"contextForm": "bite into/through something"
},
{
"text": "She was bitten by the family dog.",
"contextForm": "bite somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Stop biting your nails!"
},
{
"text": "He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off.",
"contextForm": "bite off something/sth off"
},
{
"text": "The dog had bitten right through its rope."
},
{
"text": "He bit at his lower lip."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "off"],
"preposition": ["at", "down on", "into"],
"phrases": ["bite something in half", "bite something in two"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to wound somebody by making a small hole or mark in their skin",
"sensetop": "bite somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most European spiders don't bite."
},
{
"text": "We were badly bitten by mosquitoes.",
"contextForm": "bite somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if a fish bites, it takes food from the end of a fishing line and may get caught",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to have an unpleasant effect",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The recession is beginning to bite."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["deep", "hard"],
"verb + bite": ["begin to", "start to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to develop a strong interest in or enthusiasm for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's been **bitten by the** travel **bug**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to die",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop yourself from saying something or from showing an emotion",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪt/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bite__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪts/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bites__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪt/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bit__gb_6.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɪtn/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bitten__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "bi/bite/biting__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪt/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bite__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪts/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bites__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪt/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bit__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɪtn/",
"audio": "bi/bite/bitten__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "bi/bite/biting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen."
}