HOW TO PRONOUNCE
bitten
/ˈbɪtən/
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What does bitten mean?
verb
- past participle of bite
adjective
- That has received a bite.
- Abruptly cut off, as roots or leaves may be.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɪtən/
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It did not seem possible that he could be the crazy creature who had screamed and beaten and bitten his pillow.
The story goes that this chap has been bitten so many times that the virus no longer has any effect on him.
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One of the men was bitten under the eye by a snake which darted upon him from the bough of a tree.
When the conversation has turned on this subject, long after the bitten part has been excised, pain has darted along the limb.
Something in the gesture of the man as he waved the bloody and pitying soldiers away made the youth start as if bitten.