I.
noun
1 act of biting/amount of food
VERB + BITE
▪ have , swallow , take
PREPOSITION
▪ between ~s
▪
She tried to talk between ~s.
▪ ~ from
▪
I took a ~ from the apple.
▪ ~ of
▪
Can I have a ~ of your sandwich?
▪ ~ out of
▪
She took a ~ out of the slab of cake.
2 of an insect/animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ dog , insect , mosquito , snake , etc.
▪ nasty
VERB + BITE
▪ get
▪
I got a lot of mosquito ~s last night.
BITE + NOUN
▪ mark
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from a poisonous snake
3 small amount to eat
ADJECTIVE
▪ quick
VERB + BITE
▪ grab , have
▪
We managed to grab a ~ at the airport.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a quick ~ of lunch
PHRASES
▪ a ~ to eat
▪
We'll have a ~ to eat in town.
II.
verb
1 use your teeth
ADVERB
▪ badly
▪
Their cat was badly bitten by a dog.
▪ off
▪
He bit off a chunk of bread.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
He bit at his lower lip.
▪ down on
▪
She bit down on her bottom lip.
▪ into
▪
She bit into the apple.
▪ through
▪
The dog had bitten right through its rope.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth in half , ~ sth in two
2 have an effect
ADVERB
▪ deep , hard
▪
As the recession ~s harder, many small companies are going bankrupt.
VERB + BITE
▪ begin to , start to
▪
After two cold months, the coal shortage was beginning to ~.
Bite is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bug , ↑ cat , ↑ dog , ↑ fish , ↑ flea , ↑ insect , ↑ mosquito , ↑ shark , ↑ snake , ↑ spider , ↑ tooth
Bite is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fingernail , ↑ lip , ↑ nail , ↑ tongue