Lexic.us

Definition of Biting

1. Adjective. Capable of wounding. "Pungent satire"

2. Adjective. Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. "A biting wind"

Definition of Biting

1. a. That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

Definition of Biting

1. Verb. (present participle of bite) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to bite''. ¹

3. Noun. An occurrence of a bite. ¹

4. Adjective. Causing a stinging sensation. ¹

5. Adjective. Cutting or incisive. ¹

6. Adjective. Tending to bite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biting

1. bite [v] - See also: bite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biting

bitewing radiograph bitewings bitey bitfield bitfields bitflip bitflips bitheism bithionol bithiophene

bithorax bithorax complex bithorax complexes bitier bitiest biting (current term) biting in biting louse biting midge biting midges

biting pressure biting strength biting the bullet biting the dust bitingly bitingness bitings bitistatin bitless bitmap

Literary usage of Biting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1880)
"We shall have to go through the same process after each partial biting, because if the plate were moist, the stopping- out varnish which we are going to ..."

2. Etchings & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1905)
"biting. THE weak point of etching, which I do not attempt to dissimulate, is the difficulty of biting accurately enough, that is to the exact degree of ..."

3. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1810)
"Shallow fops, who arc governed by the eye, and admire every thing that struts in vogue, took up from the sharpers the phrase of biting, and used it upon all ..."

4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"until about 1 o'clock. Upon this point the Russian authorities are in perfect accord with our people. No. XII. >biting THE DUST' IN DEATH. ..."

5. No Name: A Novel by Wilkie Collins (1863)
"... and found Magdu- i len on the sofa in violent hysterics, and Frank , standing staring at her with a lowering, angry face, biting his ..."

6. A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1880)
"We shall have to go through the same process after each partial biting, because if the plate were moist, the stopping- out varnish which we are going to ..."

7. Etchings & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1905)
"biting. THE weak point of etching, which I do not attempt to dissimulate, is the difficulty of biting accurately enough, that is to the exact degree of ..."

8. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1810)
"Shallow fops, who arc governed by the eye, and admire every thing that struts in vogue, took up from the sharpers the phrase of biting, and used it upon all ..."

9. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"until about 1 o'clock. Upon this point the Russian authorities are in perfect accord with our people. No. XII. >biting THE DUST' IN DEATH. ..."

10. No Name: A Novel by Wilkie Collins (1863)
"... and found Magdu- i len on the sofa in violent hysterics, and Frank , standing staring at her with a lowering, angry face, biting his ..."

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