[
  {
    "word": "bite",
    "phonetic": "/b\u028c\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u028c\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ba\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/bite-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=837242",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of biting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The wound left behind after having been bitten.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That snake bite really hurts!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There were only a few bites left on the plate."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something unpleasant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That's really a bite!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An act of plagiarism.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That song is a bite of my song!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small meal or snack.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Aggression",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A cheat; a trick; a fraud.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sharper; one who cheats.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "mouthful",
          "snack",
          "sting"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To cut into something by clamping the teeth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hold something by clamping one's teeth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attack with the teeth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That dog is about to bite!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave aggressively; to reject advances.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take hold; to establish firm contact with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have significant effect, often negative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Are the fish biting today?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of an insect) To sting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "These mosquitoes are really biting today!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It bites like pepper or mustard."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Pepper bites the mouth."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take or keep a firm hold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The anchor bites."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The anchor bites the ground."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This music really bites."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To plagiarize, to imitate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He always be biting my moves."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deceive or defraud; to take in.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite"
    ]
  }
]