Verb

• S: (v) 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"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• phrasal verb
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) bite, sting, burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort) "The sun burned his face"
• S: (v) bite (penetrate or cut, as with a knife) "The fork bit into the surface"
• S: (v) sting, bite, prick (deliver a sting to) "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

Adjective

• S: (adj) barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious (capable of wounding) "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
• S: (adj) biting, bitter (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold) "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"