bite
Base form
bite
/baɪt/
Past simple
bit
/bɪt/
Past participle
bittenbitten / bit
/ˈbɪtn//ˈbɪtn/ /bɪt/
MeaningB1
to cut into something with your teeth
to bite the bullet
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t worry, our old dog doesn’t bite anyone.
- Question · Form 1Did the mosquitoes bite you last night?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday a dog bit the postman on the leg.
- Past simple · Form 2Last summer I bit into an apple and broke a tooth.
- Passive · Form 3Ben was bitten by a snake on holiday in Australia.
- Present perfect · Form 3Something has bitten me on the arm, and it’s really itchy.
Watch out
Bit is also a noun (a bit of cake); the participle is bitten, double t: I was bitten by a dog. Biten, bited and bitted are wrong.
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