"biting" in the verb sense

1. bite, seize with teeth

to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

"Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

2. bite, sting, burn

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

"The sun burned his face"

3. bite

penetrate or cut, as with a knife

"The fork bit into the surface"

4. sting, bite, prick

deliver a sting to

"A bee stung my arm yesterday"

"biting" in the adjective sense

1. barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious

capable of wounding

"a barbed compliment"

"a biting aphorism"

"pungent satire"

2. biting, bitter

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation used especially of cold

"bitter cold"

"a biting wind"

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