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What is the verb for bit?

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bite

(transitive) To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
(intransitive, figuratively) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
(intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
(transitive) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense.
(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
(intransitive, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
(transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
(intransitive, African American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
Synonyms:

champ, chew, crunch, chomp, crush, gnaw, masticate, munch, nip, wound, nibble, chaw, clamp, eat, rend, ruminate, taste, gnaw at, nibble at, tear at, bite into, bite off, chaw on, sink your teeth into, grind, manducate, bite on, chumble, chomp on, gnaw on, crunch on, gnash, consume, devour, snap, triturate, scrunch, tear, gum, chump, chew up, mash, chew noisily, bite at, peck, pasture, browse, shear, crop, feed … more

Examples:

“You bite into the cake and your taste buds sort the flavors into the four basic tastes of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.”

“He had an irrational fear that a horse would bite off part of his anatomy.”

“The female mosquitoes become the bloodsuckers, and they use their long proboscis to bite other animals and feed on their blood.”

bitting

present participle of bit
present participle of bitt

bit

(transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
Synonyms:

champed, chewed, chewn, crunched, chomped, crushed, gnawed, gnew, gnawn, masticated, munched, nipped, wounded, wound, nibbled, chawed, clamped, ate, eaten, rent, rended, ruminated, tasted, gnawed at, nibbled at, tore at, teared at, bit into, bitten into, bit off, bitten off, chawed on, sank your teeth into, sunk your teeth into, grinded, ground, manducated, chumbled, gnawed on, crunched on, chomped on, gnashed, consumed, devoured, bitten on, bit on, snapped, snapt, triturated, scrunched … more

bit

(informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten
Synonyms:

biting

present participle of bite
Synonyms:

bitt

(nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.

bitted

simple past tense and past participle of bit
simple past tense and past participle of bitt
Examples:

“The number of badly bitted horses is considerable and their riders do not, very often have an awareness of the horse's discomfort.”

“This tool allows advanced users the non destructive opening of high security systems with double bitted keys.”

“The horse is bitted and saddled and is schooled in circles at the end of the rein.”

bites

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bite
Synonyms:

champs, chews, crunches, chomps, crushes, gnaws, masticates, munches, nips, wounds, nibbles, chaws, clamps, eats, rends, ruminates, tastes, gnaws at, nibbles at, tears at, bites into, bites off, chaws on, sinks your teeth into, grinds, manducates, bites on, chumbles, gnaws on, chomps on, crunches on, gnashes, consumes, devours, snaps, triturates, scrunches, tears, gums, chumps, chews up, mashes, chews noisily, bites at, pecks, pastures, browses, shears, crops, feeds … more

biteth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of bite

bitest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bite

bittest

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bite

bited

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of bite

bitten

past participle of bite
Synonyms:

champed, chewed, chewn, crunched, chomped, crushed, gnawed, gnawn, masticated, munched, nipped, wounded, wound, nibbled, chawed, clamped, eaten, rent, rended, ruminated, tasted, gnawed at, nibbled at, teared at, bitten into, bitten off, chawed on, sunk your teeth into, grinded, ground, manducated, bitten on, chumbled, gnawed on, crunched on, chomped on, gnashed, consumed, devoured, snapped, snapt, triturated, scrunched, teared, torn, gummed, chumped, chewed up, mashed, chewed noisily … more

Examples:

“I am at this moment being vetted for my suitability as interviewer and my nails are bitten to the quick.”

“A person who is bitten by a rabid animal but given treatment with rabies vaccines can expect not to develop rabies.”

“It is very important to check you are up to date with your tetanus jabs if your skin is broken in an injury or you are bitten.”

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