a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite" a light informal meal a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface" to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face
If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. Bite is also a noun. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. see also love bite, nail-biting
a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"
(aka: "check" or "grab" or "hold" or "sit" or "sit down" or "hit a house") a command issued to the ball by a player who wants his/her ball to stop rolling/bouncing Often yelled out loud or muttered under ones breath Usually used on an approach shot
The dimension by which the framing system overlaps the edge of the glazing infill
If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it. Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than they ever have before
The etching process in photoengraving requires the application of an acid; the length of time this acid is left to etch out an image is referred to as its bite The more bites, the deeper the etched area
(also sometimes "check, grab, hold, sit, sit down, hit a house" and so on) 1 a command* issued to the ball by a player who believes their ball is going too far or too fast 2 the act of the ball stopping quickly as a result of backspin * some players feel that issuing commands to their ball during its movement can alter its final resting point Example: I was really hoping my ball would bite when I saw it heading toward the deep forest
If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold. There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow