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biting
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bit·ing  (btng)
adj.
1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping: biting cold.
2. Capable of gripping and affecting or wounding; cutting: a biting aphorism. See Synonyms at incisive.
3. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.

biting·ly adv.

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ]
adj
1. piercing; keen a biting wind
2. sarcastic; incisive a biting comment
bitingly  adv

biting, bird louse
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See louse [2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
2.biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

biting
adjective
1. piercing, cutting, cold, sharp, freezing, frozen, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, penetrating, arctic, nipping, icy, blighting, chilly, wintry, gelid, cold as ice a raw, biting northerly wind
2. sarcastic, cutting, sharp, severe, stinging, withering, scathing, acrimonious, incisive, virulent, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious This was the most biting criticism made against her.
Translations
biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] ADJ [cold, wind] → cortante; [criticism etc] → mordaz
biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj [wind, cold] → mordant(e); [sarcasm, criticism] → mordant(e)
bit-map bitmap [ˈbɪtmæp] (COMPUTING)
n
mode point m
(= bit-map image) → image f en mode point
modif [graphics] → par points
vtpixeliser, pixelliser
bit part n (in play, film)petit rôle m
biting
adjbeißend; cold, wind alsoschneidend
biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj (cold, wind) → pungente; (criticism, sarcasm) → pungente, mordace; (remark) → caustico/a


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