What is "bitten"

Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p. Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE. biten, AS. b[=i]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG. b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[=i]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave.

1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

   Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain.
   --Shak.

2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. ``Frosts do bite the meads.''
   --Shak.

4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.]
   --Pope.

5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

   The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite.
   --Dickens.

   To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.

   To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid.

   To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. ``Do you bite your thumb at us?''
   --Shak.

   To bite the tongue, to keep silence.
   --Shak.

Bitten \Bit"ten\, p. p. of Bite.

Bitten \Bit"ten\, a. (Bot.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

past participle of bite.

vb. (past participle of bite English)

1. n. a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

2. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit]

3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: sting, insect bite]

4. a light informal meal [syn: collation, snack]

5. (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"

6. wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency]

7. a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices" [syn: pungency, sharpness]

8. the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws [syn: chomp]

9. a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

10. [also: bitten, bit]

1. v. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" [syn: seize with teeth]

2. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: sting, burn]

3. penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"

4. deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, prick]

5. [also: bitten, bit]

See bite

Bitten, a fantasy novel published in 2001, is the first book in the Women of the Otherworld series. It is Canadian author Kelley Armstrong's first novel.

Bitten may refer to:

• Bitten (film), a 2008 film
• Bitten (novel), a 2001 novel by Kelley Armstrong
• Bitten (novel), an RL Stine book that contains Dangerous Girls and The Taste of Night
• Bitten (TV series), a 2014 television series
• Bitten, a fashion line created by actress Sarah Jessica Parker

Bitten is a 2008 Canadian black comedy vampire film directed by Harv Glazer. It stars Jason Mewes as a paramedic who rescues Danika (Erica Cox), a female vampire, from an alley way.

Bitten is a Canadian television series based on the Women of the Otherworld series of books by author Kelley Armstrong. The name was inspired by the first book in the series. The show is produced as an original series for Space and the majority of the filming is done in Toronto, Ontario. In 2015, the show was renewed for a third and final season and finished in April 2016.