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bite verb

  /baɪt/
  • (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
 purra, haukata, puraista, pistää
  • (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
 purra, puraista, pistää
  • (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
 puraista, purra
  • (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
  • (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
 purra
  • (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
 syödä, purra

bite noun

  /baɪt/
  • The act of biting.
 puraisu
  • The wound left behind after having been bitten.
 purema, puraisu
  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
 purema
  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
 suupala

biting adjective

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • Causing a stinging sensation.
  • Cutting or incisive.
  • Tending to bite.
 pureva

biting noun

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • An instance of something being bitten.
 pureminen
bite the dust
potkaista tyhjää, heittää veivinsä, sanoa sopimuksensa irti
love bite
fritsu
bite someone's style
jäljitellä
take a bite
haukata
all bark and no bite
kova päältä, pehmeä sisältä, paljon porua, vähän villoja
barking dogs seldom bite
haukkuva koira ei pure
bite me
haista home, haista paska
bite the bullet
purra hammasta
bite off more than one can chew
haukata liian iso pala
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