bite
1 cut with teeth transitiveaistreachgreim a bhaint as cmuplaic a bhaint as cmu he was bitten by a dog bhain madra greim as, bhain madra plaic as, bhain madra snap as she bit a chunk out of it bhain sí ailp as, bhain sí plaic as intransitiveneamhaistreach watch it doesn't bite seachain nach mbainfeadh sé plaic asat, coimhéad nach mbainfeadh sé greim asat he bit into the sandwich bhain sé plaic as an gceapaire, bhain sé greim as an gceapaire 7 act of bitinggreim masc3 cmuplaic fem2 cmu it took a bite out of my thumb bhain sé greim as m'ordóg he took a bite of meat d'ith sé greim feola in a single bite d'aon ghreim amháin to bite off more than you can chew an iomarca a tharraingt ort féinbheith ag iarraidh barraíocht a dhéanamh to bite the dust 1 fail the project bit the dust theip ar an tionscadal, chlis ar an togra to bite the hand that feeds you díobháil a dhéanamh don duine a bhfuil do bhrath air bite me! (USSAM)gabh i dtigh an diabhail!bíodh an diabhal agat! to bite your tongue 1 nip your tonguegreim a bhaint as do theangasclamh a bhaint as do theanga once bitten twice shy bíonn eagla ar an té a dhóitear I'm not going back. Once bitten, twice shy! Nílim chun dul ar ais. Tá ciall cheannaithe agam! to put the bite on sb (USSAM), informalneamhfhoirmeálta 1 ask for money he put the bite on me for €20 d'iarr sé €20 orm to take a bite out of sth poll a chur i rudmant a bhaint as rudrud a bhearnú it took a bite out of my pay chuir sé poll i mo chuid pá sth/sb won't bite (you) informalneamhfhoirmeálta it won't bite you ní bhainfidh sé plaic asat, ní íosfaidh sé thú → bite back→ bite off Loading phrases and examples...
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