{
    "term": "bite",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "bite",
            "heSheIt": "bites"
        },
        "pastSimple": "bit",
        "pastParticiple": "bitten",
        "ingForm": "biting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to use your teeth to cut into or through something",
            "sensetop": "bite into/through somethingbite somebody/somethingbite off something/sth off",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Does your dog bite?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come here! I won't bite! *(= you don't need to be afraid)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bit into a ripe juicy pear.",
                    "contextForm": "bite into/through something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was bitten by the family dog.",
                    "contextForm": "bite somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop biting your nails!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off.",
                    "contextForm": "bite off something/sth off"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog had bitten right through its rope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bit at his lower lip."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "off"],
                "preposition": ["at", "down on", "into"],
                "phrases": ["bite something in half", "bite something in two"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to wound somebody by making a small hole or mark in their skin",
            "sensetop": "bite somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most European spiders don't bite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were badly bitten by mosquitoes.",
                    "contextForm": "bite somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if a fish bites, it takes food from the end of a fishing line and may get caught",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to have an unpleasant effect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The recession is beginning to bite."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deep", "hard"],
                "verb + bite": ["begin to", "start to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to develop a strong interest in or enthusiasm for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's been **bitten by the** travel **bug**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to die",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop yourself from saying something or from showing an emotion",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪt/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bite__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪts/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bites__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪt/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bit__gb_6.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪtn/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bitten__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/biting__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪt/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bite__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/baɪts/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bites__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪt/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪtn/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/bitten__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "bi/bite/biting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen."
}