biting

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bit·ing

(bī′tĭng)

adj.

1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping: biting cold.

2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic: "Biting remarks revealed her attitude of contempt" (D.H. Lawrence).

3. Of or relating to an animal or animals, especially an insect, capable of biting.

bit′ing·ly adv.

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biting

(ˈbaɪtɪŋ)

adj

1. piercing; keen: a biting wind.

2. sarcastic; incisive: a biting comment.

ˈbitingly adv

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bit•ing

(ˈbaɪ tɪŋ)

adj.

1. nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold.

2. cutting; sarcastic: a biting remark.

[1250–1300]

bit′ing•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" bitter painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

biting

adjective

1. piercing, cutting, cold, sharp, freezing, frozen, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, penetrating, arctic, nipping, icy, blighting, chilly, wintry, gelid, cold as ice a raw, biting northerly wind

2. sarcastic, cutting, sharp, severe, stinging, withering, scathing, acrimonious, incisive, virulent, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious This was the most biting criticism made against her.

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biting

adjective

So sharp as to cause mental pain:

acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic.

Translations

قارِس، شَديدلاذِع، جارِح

jedovatýostrýštiplavý

bidende

beißend

mordaz penetrante cortante incisivo

cinglant mordant

bítandi, nístandimeinlegur, særandi

pungente

bitende stikkende sviende

колючий

acı acımasızalaylıbuz gibiiğneli

刺痛的尖锐刺人的辛辣的

biting

[ˈbaɪtɪŋ] ADJ [cold, wind] → cortante; [criticism etc] → mordaz

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

biting

[ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj [wind, cold] → mordant(e); [sarcasm, criticism] → mordant(e)bit-map bitmap [ˈbɪtmæp] (COMPUTING)

→ mode point m

(= bit-map image) → image f en mode point

modif [graphics] → par points

vt → pixeliser, pixelliserbit part n (in play, film) → petit rôle m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

biting

adj → beißend; cold, wind also → schneidend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

biting

[ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj (cold, wind) → pungente; (criticism, sarcasm) → pungente, mordace; (remark) → caustico/a

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bite

(bait) – past tense bit (bit) : past participle bitten (ˈbitn) – verb

to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws. The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.

noun

1. an act of biting or the piece or place bitten. a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.

2. the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line. I've been fishing for hours without a bite.

ˈbiting adjective

1. very cold and causing discomfort. a biting wind.

2. wounding or hurtful. a biting remark.

bite the dust

to fail; to be unsuccessful. That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.

biting

a. penetrante, picante.

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No one would think of biting such a little thing, except a coward like me," continued the Lion sadly.

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And then the red faces made their way through the black biting frost to their own homes, feeling themselves free for the rest of the day to eat, drink, and be merry, and using that Christian freedom without diffidence.

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A HOUND having started a Hare on the hillside pursued her for some distance, at one time biting her with his teeth as if he would take her life, and at another fawning upon her, as if in play with another dog.

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Still he retained his senses, and warned his companions not to come near him, as he should not be able to restrain himself from biting them.

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have the highest risk of biting and cause the most damage.

Dog-Biting Risk: A study pinpoints dogs and the chance of biting

Bacteria in bite wounds reflects the oral flora of the biting animal, both their own normal flora and that of their food source including ingested prey.

Animal Bites: Risk, Care & Reporting

The present study was designed to evaluate the bite forces in a group of healthy young individuals with complete permanent dentition and the factors influencing the biting efficiency such as dental region and sex of the individuals.

Evaluation of Bite Forces in Healthy Individuals

Last week I was fishing a cousin's pond and was driven out of my mind by a swarm of buzzing, biting bugs.

It's gnat season, so do what you can to protect yourself

As with most behaviors, there's a good chance that the amount of pressure a dog applies when he bites is at least partly due to a genetic propensity for hard or soft biting. (But don't despair over what hard-mouthed genes your dog may have inherited; it's also true that, as with most behaviors, the natural strength of a puppy's bite can be modified, at least to some degree.

Bite inhibition

Only about 200 species have caused death or permanent disability by biting humans.

A study on demographical and clinical profile and the outcome of snake bite victims in a tristate tertiary care center

NHS guidance on bites goes into more specific detail about the nature of human biting. Most cases presented are as a result of young men aged 16-25 fighting, when one person punches another person in the teeth.