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biting meaning

EN[-aɪtɪŋ]
WBiting
  • Biting is a common behaviour of closing the jaw found in many animals (including humans). Purposes include eating, harming, often to attack others, or sexual arousal.
  • Biting is also an age appropriate behavior and reaction for human children 2.5 years and younger. Conversely children above this age have verbal skills to explain their needs and dislikes and biting is not age appropriate.
biting
biting
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
      • Nouns
        • Countable nouns
        • Verbs
          • Verb forms
            • Participles
              • Present participles
        Related Links:
        1. en bitings
        2. en bitingly
        3. en biting in
        4. en bitingness
        5. en biting off
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of biting for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "biting" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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        Definiteness: Level 1
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