bite
verb
1 verb cut with teeth TRANSITIVEgreim a bhaint as plaic a bhaint as he was bitten by a dog bhain madra greim as, bhain madra plaic as, bhain madra snap asshe bit a chunk out of it bhain sí ailp as, bhain sí plaic as
INTRANSITIVEwatch it doesn't bite seachain nach mbainfeadh sé plaic asat, coimhéad nach mbainfeadh sé greim asathe bit into the sandwich bhain sé plaic as an gceapaire, bhain sé greim as an gceapaire
2 verb of insect, snake TRANSITIVEgreim a bhaint as prioc verb he was bitten by a poisonous snake bhain nathair nimhe greim as
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb FISH take bait INTRANSITIVEthe fish were biting bhí aiste ar an iasc, bhí éirí ar an iasc, bhí iascach maith ann 4 verb be persuaded by INTRANSITIVEdespite the low mortgage rates, consumers aren't biting ainneoin na rátaí ísle morgáiste, níl tomhaltóirí ag ceannach 5 verb have unpleasant effect INTRANSITIVEthe cutbacks are beginning to bite tá iarmhairtí na gciorruithe á n-aireachtáil anois 6 verb press hard into surface INTRANSITIVEbrúigh verb gearr verb the rope was biting into her wrist bhí an rópa ag gearradh isteach i gcaol a láimhe
noun
7 noun act of bitinggreim masc3 plaic fem2 it took a bite out of my thumb bhain sé greim as m'ordóghe took a bite of meat d'ith sé greim feolain a single bite d'aon ghreim amháin 8 noun food taken in a bitepíosa masc4 greim masc3 plaic fem2 have another bite of cake bíodh plaicín eile císte agat, bíodh píosa beag eile cáca agatwould you like a bite of this? ar mhaith leat blaiseadh de seo?, an bhfuil tú ag iarraidh plaic de seo? 9 noun MED way sb's teeth closegreim masc3 greim fiacla 10 noun from animal, insect, etcgreim masc3 priocadh masc seals can give a nasty bite is féidir le rón drochghreim a bhaint asatit has a poisonous bite tá nimh ina ghreimit left a bite mark on her leg d'fhág sé lorg greama ar a cosdon't scratch an infected bite ná bí ag scríobadh greim atá ionfhabhtaithemosquito bite greim muiscíte 11 noun informal snackgreim le hithegreim bia plaic fem2 we stopped for a bite stopamar le greim le hithe a bheith againna bite to eat greim le hithe 12 noun small chunk of foodplaicín masc4 greimín masc4chicken bites plaicíní sicín, greimíní sicín 13 noun FISH pull at hook by fishpriocadh masc broideadh masc I didn't get a bite priocadh féin ní bhfuair mé 14 noun very cold feelinggoimh fem2 there's a bite in the wind tá goimh sa ghaoth, tá nimh sa ghaoth 15 noun strong tasteblas géarfor more bite, add garlic chun blas níos géire a chur air, cuir gairleog ann 16 noun powertéagar masc1 new legislation with more bite is needed tá gá le reachtaíocht a bhfuil níos mó téagair inti, tá reachtaíocht níos láidre de dhíth