bite

v

1. nip, snap, snip, pinch, sting; eat, munch, crunch, nibble, gnaw, chew, masticate; grip, hold, clamp, sink one's teeth into; bite off, sever, chop off, cleave; separate, sunder, disunite, disjoin.

2. cut, tear, rip, slash, gash, slit, slice; wound, pierce, puncture, stab, knife; prick, stick, poke, gouge; bore, perforate, penetrate, drill; spear, impale, gore, run through.

3. eat into, corrode, burn, dissolve; eat away at, gnaw at, consume; erode, wear away, rust, deteriorate, rot, decay.

n

4. wound, cut, bruise, scratch, incision, puncture, stab, lesion, laceration; tear, rip, slit, split, gash.

5. morsel, taste, mouthful, bit or piece of food; snack, nosh.