To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to
take a tempting offer.

To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
anchor bites the ground.

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

To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with
the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

To cheat; to trick; to take in.

To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some
insects) used in taking food.

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the
thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite
an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure,
in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which
causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or
mustard.