(Homonym: bight, byte).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: bit, bitten).
1. To cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; SYN. sting, burn.
2. To penetrate or cut, as with a knife.
3. To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; SYN. seize with teeth.

1. To chew noisily; SYN. munch.
2. To make crunching noises; SYN. scranch, scraunch, crackle.
3. To press or grind with a crunching noise; SYN. cranch, craunch, grind.

To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.

1. To describe roughly or briefly; SYN. outline, adumbrate.
2. To make a sketch of; SYN. outline, chalk out.