puraista — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
puraista is used for these senses in English:
- bite (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- bite (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- bite (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- snap (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- snap (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
bite — full definition
- verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
- verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
- noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.
snap — full definition
- verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
- verb To speak suddenly and sharply, often out of irritation.
- noun A quick photograph.
- adjective Made suddenly, without much thought or planning.