BITES (AT) Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

bites (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bite (at)

as in erodes

to consume or wear away gradually the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on

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When haul trucks sit idle waiting to recharge, every minute of lost production directly erodes operating margins.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Infrastructure built over generations erodes when demand isn’t there to support it.

— Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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Measuring how much a baby eats typically requires weighing them directly before and after a feeding, and that’s an imprecise and cumbersome process.

— Monique Brouillette, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
In the opening scene, an old man eats a pear, smiles, and expires under a fruit tree; a beautiful death.

— Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

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