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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p.
     Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE.
     biten, AS. b[=i]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG.
     b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[=i]ta, Sw. bita,
     Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave.
     [root]87. Cf. Fissure.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
        thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
        as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Such smiling rogues as these,
              Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
        insects) used in taking food.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
        in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
        mouth. ``Frosts do bite the meads.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
        anchor bites the ground.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The last screw of the rack having been turned so
              often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
              and turned with nothing to bite.      --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the
        agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
  
     To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
        plates by means of an acid.
  
     To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of
        contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. ``Do you
        bite your thumb at us?'' --Shak.
  
     To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Biting \Bit"ing\, a.
     That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. ``A biting
     affliction.'' ``A biting jest.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bite \Bite\, v. t. [imp. Bit; p. p. Bitten, Bit; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Biting.] [OE. biten, AS. b[=i]tan; akin to D.
     bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG. b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth.
     beitan, Icel. b[=i]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to
     cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.]
     1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
        thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth;
        as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
  
              Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite
              the holy cords atwain.                --Shak.
  
     2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
        insects) used in taking food.
  
     3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
        in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the
        mouth. ``Frosts do bite the meads.'' --Shak.
  
     4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope.
  
     5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
        anchor bites the ground.
  
              The last screw of the rack having been turned so
              often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
              and turned with nothing to bite.      --Dickens.
  
     To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the
        agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
  
     To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic
        plates by means of an acid.
  
     To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of
        contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. ``Do you
        bite your thumb at us?'' --Shak.
  
     To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Biting \Bit"ing\, a.
     That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. ``A biting
     affliction.'' ``A biting jest.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  biting
       adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
              aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, nipping,
               pungent, mordacious]
       2: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
          especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn: bitter]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     Danish n.
     a matter of secondary importance

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     a.
     1 Causing a stinging sensation.
     2 cutting or incisive.
     3 Tending to bite.
     n.
     1 An instance of something being bitten.
     2 (lb en Kenya) A bite-sized snack.
     vb.
     (present participle of en bite nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     Danish n.
     a matter of secondary importance

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     Danish n.
     a matter of secondary importance

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     Englanti a.
     1 pureva
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) pistävä, pisteliäs, pureva
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b it ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  biting
     Danska n.
     bisak
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en bite ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bite)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  العضّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  biting //ˈbaɪtɪŋ// 
  1. лют, остър, щипещ
  causing a stinging sensation
  2. остър
  cutting or incisive
  3. хаплив
  tending to bite

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  biting //ˈbaɪtɪŋ// 
  1. ухапване
  An occurrence of a bite
  2. ухапване, хапане
  instance of biting

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/ 
  pronikavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/ 
  kousavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/ 
  kousající

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  Zubeißen , Beißen 
   see: when biting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  beißend, zubeißend
   see: bite, bitten, I/he/she bit, grin and bear it
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  beißend, bissig, ätzend, scharf, giftig, gallig [selten] , kaustisch  [geh.]  [selten]  [übtr.]
           Note: Äußerung
     Synonyms: cutting, mordant, pungent, stinging, sharp, acid, acidulous, tart, caustic, snarky, trenchant, mordacious
  
   see: mordant ridicule
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  bissig  [cook.]
           Note: Weingeschmack
     Synonym: acrid
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  stechend, schneidend
   see: bite sb., bitten
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  biting //ˈbaɪtɪŋ// 
  pureva 2.
  causing a stinging sensation
   3.
  cutting or incisive
   4.
  tending to bite

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  biting //ˈbaɪtɪŋ// 
  pureminen 2.
  An occurrence of a bite
   3.
  instance of biting

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/ 
  1. चुभता~हुआ
        "It was biting cold outside."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  biting /bˈaɪtɪŋ/
  1. gúnyos
  2. csípôs

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  biting /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ 
   1.  przenikliwy
   2.  kąśliwy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  biting //ˈbaɪtɪŋ// 
  1. bitande 2.
  causing a stinging sensation
   3.
  cutting or incisive
  2. bitande, bitsk
  tending to bite

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  biting
  biting

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  biting
  biting

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

From IPA:ma :   [ IPA:ma ]

  

/bitiŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  165 Moby Thesaurus words for "biting":
     Attic, Siberian, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent,
     acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, algid,
     arctic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, below zero, bitter,
     bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brilliant, brisk, brumal, caustic,
     clear-cut, clever, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
     cold as ice, cold as marble, corroding, corrosive, cramping, crisp,
     cruel, cutting, distressing, double-edged, driving, droll, edged,
     effective, escharotic, excruciating, facetious, fierce, forceful,
     forcible, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, funny, gelid, glacial,
     gnawing, grave, griping, gutsy, hard, harrowing, harsh, hibernal,
     hiemal, humorous, humorsome, hurtful, hurting, hyperborean,
     ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, imperative, impressive,
     incisive, inclement, ingoing, irritating, jesting, jocose, jocular,
     joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, mordacious, mordant,
     nervous, nimble-witted, nipping, nippy, nose-tickling, numbing,
     painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, piercing, pinching, piquant,
     poignant, pointed, powerful, punchy, pungent, quick-witted,
     racking, rapier-like, raw, rigorous, rough, salt, salty, scathing,
     scintillating, scorching, sensational, severe, sharp, shooting,
     sinewed, sinewy, slashing, sleety, slushy, smart, snappy, sour,
     sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, sprightly, stabbing,
     stinging, stone-cold, strident, striking, stringent, strong,
     subzero, supercooled, tart, telling, tormenting, torturous,
     trenchant, vehement, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic,
     whimsical, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering,
     witty
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 刺痛的,辛辣的;
  vbl. 咬;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 刺痛的,辛辣的

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