bite/bight/byte

bite (bīt)

Verb., ^{_{bit, bit·ten, or bit, bit·ing, bites.}}

Verb. Transitive.,

To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
To sting with a stinger.
To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument: The ax bit the log deeply.
To grip, grab, or seize: bald treads that couldn't bite the icy road; bitten by a sudden desire to travel.
To eat into; corrode.
To cause to sting or be painful: cold that bites the skin; a conscience bitten by remorse.

Verb. Intransitive.

To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
To have a stinging effect.
To have a sharp taste.
To take or swallow bait.
To be taken in by a ploy or deception: tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.

Noun.

The act of biting.
A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts: the bite of an insect.
A stinging or smarting sensation.
An incisive, penetrating quality: the bite of satire.
An amount removed by or as if by an act of biting: Rezoning took a bite out of the town's residential area.
An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.
An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.
Informal. A light meal or snack.
The act or an instance of taking bait: fished all day without a bite; an ad that got a few bites but no final sales.
A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.
The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.

bight (bīt)

Noun.

byte (bīt)

Noun.
A sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer.

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