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Bite

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

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Verb group 2

Burn 84% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burn 84% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Broader term 27

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Deduction 76% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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Eating 76% connected

of Eat

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Grip 76% connected

The griffin.

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Harm 76% connected

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Injury 76% connected

Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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Lesion 76% connected

A hurt; an injury.

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Meal 76% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Mouthful 76% connected

As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Repast 76% connected

The act of taking food.

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Smart 76% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Spice 76% connected

Species; kind.

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Spicery 76% connected

Spices, in general.

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Spiciness 76% connected

The quality or state of being spicy.

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Subtraction 76% connected

The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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trauma 76% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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Wit 76% connected

of Wit

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Witticism 76% connected

A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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Wittiness 76% connected

The quality of being witty.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Chaw 76% connected

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

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Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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Crumb 76% connected

A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

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Cud 76% connected

That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

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Munch 76% connected

To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.

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Nibble 76% connected

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Peck 76% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Quid 76% connected

A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

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Refreshment 76% connected

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or an…

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Sop 76% connected

Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

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Wad 76% connected

Woad.

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Manner of action 6

Gnaw 76% connected

To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scr…

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Nettle 76% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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Nibble 76% connected

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Urticate 76% connected

To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.

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Derivationally related 6

Acrid 74% connected

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.

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Acrid 74% connected

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.

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Biter 74% connected

One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.

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Biter 74% connected

One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.

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Mordacious 74% connected

Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.

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Mordacious 74% connected

Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.

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Synonym 11

Bit 92% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Burn 92% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chomp 92% connected

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

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Collation 92% connected

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in genera…

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Morsel 92% connected

A little bite or bit of food.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prick 92% connected

That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pungency 92% connected

The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

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Raciness 92% connected

The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sharpness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snack 92% connected

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

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Sting 92% connected

Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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