[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bite \bite\ bimact, v. t. imp. bit bi^t; p. p.
   bitten bi^t"t'n, bit; p. pr.  vb. n. biting. oe.
   biten, as. bimactan; akin to d. bijten, os. bimactan,
   ohg. bimaczan, g. beissen, goth. beitan, icel. bimacta,
   sw. bita, dan. bide, l. findere to cleave, skr. bhid to
   cleave. root87. cf. fissure.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            such smiling rogues as these,
            like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ of some
      insects used in taking food.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. to cheat; to trick; to take in. colloq. --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. to take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the
      anchor bites the ground.
      1913 webster

            the last screw of the rack having been turned so
            often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned
            and turned with nothing to bite.      --dickens.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
bit bitten biting fissure to bite the dust to bite the ground 
to bite in to bite the thumb at to bite the tongue 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

biting \bit"ing\, a.
   that bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "a biting
   affliction." "a biting jest." --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

biting
     adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
            aphorism"; "pungent satire" syn: barbed, nipping,
             pungent, mordacious
     2: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
        especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" syn: bitter
see also:
barbed nipping pungent mordacious bitter 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

165 moby thesaurus words for "biting":
   attic, siberian, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent,
   acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, algid,
   arctic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, below zero, bitter,
   bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brilliant, brisk, brumal, caustic,
   clear-cut, clever, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
   cold as ice, cold as marble, corroding, corrosive, cramping, crisp,
   cruel, cutting, distressing, double-edged, driving, droll, edged,
   effective, escharotic, excruciating, facetious, fierce, forceful,
   forcible, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, funny, gelid, glacial,
   gnawing, grave, griping, gutsy, hard, harrowing, harsh, hibernal,
   hiemal, humorous, humorsome, hurtful, hurting, hyperborean,
   ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, imperative, impressive,
   incisive, inclement, ingoing, irritating, jesting, jocose, jocular,
   joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, mordacious, mordant,
   nervous, nimble-witted, nipping, nippy, nose-tickling, numbing,
   painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, piercing, pinching, piquant,
   poignant, pointed, powerful, punchy, pungent, quick-witted,
   racking, rapier-like, raw, rigorous, rough, salt, salty, scathing,
   scintillating, scorching, sensational, severe, sharp, shooting,
   sinewed, sinewy, slashing, sleety, slushy, smart, snappy, sour,
   sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, sprightly, stabbing,
   stinging, stone-cold, strident, striking, stringent, strong,
   subzero, supercooled, tart, telling, tormenting, torturous,
   trenchant, vehement, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic,
   whimsical, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering,
   witty

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BITING DOG PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
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http://www.bitingdogpress.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:17 pm

Dog and Puppy Biting, Mouthing, and Teething
...... and what you can do to prevent your dog from biting. Inhibit Biting. ... Lack of Socialization Causes Biting. A major cause of biting is lack ... ..
http://www.perfectpaws.com/bite.html, score=96, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 11:27 am

Biting the Hand (frameset)
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http://www.skotos.net/articles/bth.html, score=93, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:49 pm

Puppy Biting
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http://www.dogpatch.org/training/biting.html, score=91, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:23 am

Biting and Scratching by Perfect Paws Cat and Kitten Training and Behavior
...... the sections on how to stop biting and more reasons for biting and ... No Biting While Handling. Teach your cat to enjoy being touched and ... ..
http://www.perfectpaws.com/handle.html, score=89, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:30 pm

Skin-Picking & Nail-Biting
...The medications mainly used to treat picking or biting problems are ... For others, the deliberate picking or biting is their main activity at ... ..
http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/SkinPicking.html, score=84, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 4:24 pm

Control-IT! Finger Nail Biting Treatment
...It has been formulated to prevent casual biting or sucking of the ... Helping your child end a thumb sucking or nail biting habit will ... ..
http://www.stopbitingnails.com/, score=73, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 8:06 am

NNCC Biting Hurts!
...If the biting occurs when two children are fighting over a toy ... Sharing information about the causes of biting and your plans for ... ..
http://www.nncc.org/Guidance/bit.hurt.html, score=73, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 3:43 am

Biting Tongues
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http://www.bitingtongues.com/, score=72, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:59 pm

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