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Adjective biting has 2 senses
- barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Antonym: unsarcastic (indirect, via sarcastic)
- biting, bitter - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
Antonym: painless (indirect, via painful)
Verb bite has 4 senses
- bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
--1 is one way to grip
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- bite, sting, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
--2 is one way to ache, smart, hurt
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- bite - penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
--3 is one way to pierce
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- sting, bite, prick - deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
--4 is one way to pierce
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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