Definitions for biting
Overview of verb bite
The verb bite has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) 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")
2. (2) bite, sting, burn
(cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")
3. (1) bite
(penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface")
4. sting, bite, prick
(deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")
Overview of adj biting
The adj biting has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
(capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire")
2. biting, bitter
(causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind")
