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Phonetic: "/bʌɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of biting.

Definition: The wound left behind after having been bitten.

Example: That snake bite really hurts!

Definition: The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Example: After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.

Definition: A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

Example: There were only a few bites left on the plate.

Definition: Something unpleasant.

Example: That's really a bite!

Definition: An act of plagiarism.

Example: That song is a bite of my song!

Definition: A small meal or snack.

Example: I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.

Definition: Aggression

Definition: The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Definition: A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Definition: A sharper; one who cheats.

Definition: A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Definition: A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.

Phonetic: "/bʌɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

Example: As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.

Definition: To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

Definition: To attack with the teeth.

Example: That dog is about to bite!

Definition: To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

Example: If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.

Definition: To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

Example: I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.

Definition: To have significant effect, often negative.

Example: For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.

Definition: (of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

Example: Are the fish biting today?

Definition: To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

Example: I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?

Definition: (of an insect) To sting.

Example: These mosquitoes are really biting today!

Definition: To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

Example: It bites like pepper or mustard.

Definition: (sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

Example: Pepper bites the mouth.

Definition: To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Definition: To take or keep a firm hold.

Example: The anchor bites.

Definition: To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

Example: The anchor bites the ground.

Definition: To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

Example: This music really bites.

Definition: To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

Example: You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.

Definition: To plagiarize, to imitate.

Example: He always be biting my moves.

Definition: To deceive or defraud; to take in.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The digit or figure 1.

Definition: The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

Definition: A one-dollar bill.

Definition: One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.

Definition: A joke or amusing anecdote.

Definition: A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

Example: I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.

Definition: (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

Example: 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

Example: Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

Example: She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.

Definition: (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

Example: One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.

Definition: (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

Example: "driver", noun: one who drives.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: Belonging to one.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).

Definition: The cells located on the ground floor.

Phonetic: "/neɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

Example: When I'm nervous I bite my nails.

Definition: The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Definition: The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

Definition: The claw of a bird or other animal.

Definition: A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.

Definition: A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.

Definition: An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20 of an ell or 1/16 of a yard (2 1/4 inches or 5.715 cm).

Phonetic: "/neɪlz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

Example: He nailed the placard to the post.

Definition: To drive a nail.

Example: He used the ax head for nailing.

Definition: To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.

Definition: To catch.

Definition: To expose as a sham.

Definition: To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

Example: I really nailed that test.

Definition: To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.

Definition: Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.

Definition: To spike, as a cannon.

Definition: To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.