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bit

noun

1 bit

A small piece or quantity of something:
— A bit of paper.
— A bit of lint.
— I gave him a bit of my mind.

synonym: spot.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Roget 527: information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490; publicity etc. 531; data etc. 467.    communication, ... show more

Dutch: vlek, beetje, ietsepietsie, ietsepietsje, pietsie, pietsje, tikje, tikkeltje, vleugje
Polish: odrobina, ciutka, krzyna, krztyna, krzta

2 bit

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole:
— A bit of rock caught him in the eye.

synonyms: chip, flake, fleck, scrap.

Dutch: deel, part, scherf, schilfer, stuk, vlok
Polish: odprysk

3 bit

An indefinitely short time:
— In just a bit.

synonyms: minute, mo, moment, second.

Dutch: minuut, moment, ogenblik, punt, seconde, tel
Polish: okamgnienie, mgnienie oka, mgnienie, ułamek sekundy, minutka, minuta, chwilka, chwileczka, sekundka, chwila ... show more

4 bit

An instance of some kind:
— He had a bit of good luck.

synonym: piece.

Dutch: exemplaar, snuifje, stuk

5 bit

Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding.

Dutch: beetje, bit, boortje, gebit, hapje, mondstuk, stuk
Polish: kiełzno

6 bit

A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states.

Dutch: bit
Polish: b, bit

8 bit

A small fragment.

synonym: snatch.

Polish: urywek, wyrywek

9 bit

A short performance that is part of a longer program.

synonyms: act, number, routine, turn.

Dutch: akte, daad, handeling, spelen, acteren, act, nummer
Polish: numer, punkt, punkt programu

10 bit

The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers.

11 bit

The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.

Dutch: boor
Polish: wiertło, bor

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: ALGOL, COBOL, EDP, FORTRAN, a breath, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, ace, act, actor, aculeus, acumination, afterpiece, allotment, allowance, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code ... show more.

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bite

noun

1 bite

A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person.

Roget 401a: acridity, astringency, bite.    [acrid substances] tear gas; smoke, acrid fumes.   

Roget 545: deception; falseness etc. 544; untruth etc. 546; imposition, imposture; fraud, deceit, guile; fraudulence, fraudulency; ... show more

Dutch: beet
Polish: pogryzienie

2 bite

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful.

synonyms: bit, morsel.

Dutch: brok, beet, hap

3 bite

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.

synonyms: insect bite, sting.

Polish: ukąszenie

4 bite

A light informal meal.

synonyms: collation, snack.

Dutch: hap, hapje, knabbeltje, snack, tussendoortje, versnapering

5 bite

angling An instance of a fish taking the bait.

6 bite

Wit having a sharp and caustic quality:
— The bite of satire.

synonym: pungency.

7 bite

A strong odor or taste property:
— The sulfurous bite of garlic.

synonyms: pungency, raciness, sharpness.

Dutch: stank

8 bite

The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.

synonym: chomp.

9 bite

A portion removed from the whole.

verb

1 bite

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws:
— Gunny invariably tried to bite her.

synonym: seize with teeth.

Roget 385: cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, ... show more

Roget 558: engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph etc. n.; print.   

Roget 547: be deceived etc. 545, be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; bite, catch a Tartar.   

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, ... show more

Roget 298: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, ... show more

Dutch: afbijten, bijten, hap, happen

2 bite

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.

synonyms: burn, sting.

3 bite

Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.

4 bite

Deliver a sting to.

synonyms: prick, sting.

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, ... show more

Roget 378: feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain etc. n.; suffer, ache, smart, bleed; tingle, shoot; twinge, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuminate, acute pain, adhere to, afflict, agonize, ail, allotment, allowance, and sinker, astringency, auger, bait, be a sucker, be keen, be taken in, bear hug ... show more.

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