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 cheat; to trick; to take in.

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

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

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

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.

f. ısırmak, dişlemek. The dog bit the man. (Köpek, adamı ısırdı.)

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

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