买 — meaning in English

English meaning

• bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
• buy verb To get something by paying money for it.
• buying noun The act of purchasing something.
• draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
• purchase verb To buy something by paying money for it.

Senses

买 is used for these senses in English:

• bite (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
• buy (transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
• buy into (idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
• buying The act of making a purchase.
• draw (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]
• have it To state or hold as true; to insist.
• pay off (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
• purchase The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

bite — full definition

1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

buy — full definition

1. verb To get something by paying money for it.
2. verb To accept something as true or believable.
3. noun Something purchased, especially a good deal.

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