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Collocations for bite - noun

1. act of biting/amount of food

VERB + bite

have, swallow, take

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PREPOSITION

between bites
She tried to talk between bites.
bite from
I took a bite from the apple.
bite of
Can I have a bite of your sandwich?
bite out of
She took a bite out of the slab of cake.

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2. of an insect/animal

ADJECTIVE

dog, insect, mosquito, snake, etc.
nasty

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VERB + bite

get
I got a lot of mosquito bites last night.

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bite + NOUN

mark

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PREPOSITION

bite from
a bite from a poisonous snake

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3. small amount to eat

ADJECTIVE

quick

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VERB + bite

grab, have
We managed to grab a bite at the airport.

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PREPOSITION

bite of
a quick bite of lunch

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PHRASES

a bite to eat
We'll have a bite to eat in town.

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Collocations for bite - verb

1. use your teeth

ADVERB

badly
Their cat was badly bitten by a dog.
off
He bit off a chunk of bread.

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PREPOSITION

at
He bit at his lower lip.
down on
She bit down on her bottom lip.
into
She bit into the apple.
through
The dog had bitten right through its rope.

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PHRASES

bite sth in half, bite sth in two

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2. have an effect

ADVERB

deep, hard
As the recession bites harder, many small companies are going bankrupt.

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VERB + bite

begin to, start to
After two cold months, the coal shortage was beginning to bite.

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Bite is used with these nouns as the subject:
bug, cat, dog, fish, flea, insect, mosquito, shark, snake, spider, tooth

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Bite is used with these nouns as the object:
fingernail, lip, nail, tongue

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