English verb: seize with teeth | |||
1. | seize with teeth (contact) to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws | ||
Samples | Gunny invariably tried to bite her. | ||
Synonyms | bite | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | grip | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bite off, gnaw, nibble, nibble, nip, snap, snap at | ||