What part of speech is biting?

Biting can be categorized as an adjective and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. biting is a verb, gerund of bite (infinitive).
  • 2. biting is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • biting 
    more biting
    most biting
  • Positive: biting 
  • Comparative: more biting
  • Superlative: most biting

Adjective to adverb

What does biting mean?

Definitions

Adjective

biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

Verb

bite - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
bite - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
bite - penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
bite - deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

Noun

biting - The action of the verb to bite.
biting - An occurrence of a bite.

Examples of biting

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A biting wind.
2. adj. A biting aphorism.
3. verb How can i get my kitten to stop biting when he plays?
4. verb Generally they're not clawing and biting, they don't make nearly as much mess, they don't need nearly as much litterbox scooping, etc :).
5. verb only once it looked like my male cat was biting at her neck and then her stomach and she was meowing fairly loud and hissed once then he backed off and now they are fine.
6. verb he has been "biting" at her neck and stomach previously while they play without her meowing or anything so im wondering if he went a little to far that one time.
7. verb your male is hurting her to put her in her place - biting her scruff is dominance and biting the belly is a move cats use when hunting - to pull the guts out of their prey.
8. verb If they're going kinda slow and like fake biting (not biting as hard as they can), and fake scratching (not hitting as hard as they can with their paws) then they're playing.
9. verb What's biting you?
10. verb You must get rid of the habit of biting your nails.
11. verb I was biting my nails, worrying about you.
12. verb They were biting like crazy yesterday.
13. verb The fish aren't biting today.
14. verb You don't have to play outside in the biting wind.
15. verb He has a habit of scratching his back and biting his nails.
16. verb She has a habit of biting her nails.
17. verb I was not aware of a mosquito biting my arm.
18. noun The government's weekly bite from my paycheck.
19. noun After fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite.
20. noun The sulfurous bite of garlic.
21. noun The bite of satire.
Sentence  
adj.
A biting wind.
A biting aphorism.
verb
How can i get my kitten to stop biting when he plays?
Generally they're not clawing and biting, they don't make nearly as much mess, they don't need nearly as much litterbox scooping, etc :).
only once it looked like my male cat was biting at her neck and then her stomach and she was meowing fairly loud and hissed once then he backed off and now they are fine.
he has been "biting" at her neck and stomach previously while they play without her meowing or anything so im wondering if he went a little to far that one time.
your male is hurting her to put her in her place - biting her scruff is dominance and biting the belly is a move cats use when hunting - to pull the guts out of their prey.
If they're going kinda slow and like fake biting (not biting as hard as they can), and fake scratching (not hitting as hard as they can with their paws) then they're playing.
What's biting you?
You must get rid of the habit of biting your nails.
I was biting my nails, worrying about you.
They were biting like crazy yesterday.
The fish aren't biting today.
You don't have to play outside in the biting wind.
He has a habit of scratching his back and biting his nails.
She has a habit of biting her nails.
I was not aware of a mosquito biting my arm.
noun
The government's weekly bite from my paycheck.
After fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite.
The sulfurous bite of garlic.
The bite of satire.

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