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    [Verb]  | "hand-feed" | \ ˈhan(d)-ˈfēd \


    1: to feed by hand


    Origin: 1794 ;

    [Verb]  | "bite" | \ ˈbīt \


    1: to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as to enter, grip, or wound

    2: to wound, pierce, or sting especially with a fang or a proboscis

    3: to cut or pierce with or as if with an edged weapon


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English biten, going back to Old English bītan, going back to Germanic *bītan- (whence Old Saxon bītan "to bite, cut into," Old High German bīzan, Old Norse bíta, Gothic beitan), going back to Indo-European *bhei̯d- "split," whence also Latin findere "to split, cleave, divide" (from a derivative *bhi-n-d-), Sanskrit abhet "has split," bhinátti "(s/he) splits" and perhaps Greek pheídomai, pheídesthai "to spare, save, refrain from";

    [Verb]  | "hand-feeds" 


    1: as in spoon-feeds;


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    [Verb]  | "bite" 


    1: to be objectionable or unsatisfactory;


      * e.g., " ... man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend "





    [Verb]  | "bite (at)" 


    1: to consume or wear away gradually;


      * e.g., " ... the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on "



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    [Verb]  | "bite (on)" 


    1: to crush or grind with the teeth;


      * e.g., " ... she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard "



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    [Verb]  | "bitten" 


    1: to be objectionable or unsatisfactory;


      * e.g., " ... man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend "





    [Verb]  | "bit" 


    1: to be objectionable or unsatisfactory;


      * e.g., " ... man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend "





     [ "the hand that feeds" ]

    1: a song written by trent reznor of nine inch nails on the with teeth album

      * e.g.,  ... Will you bite the hand that feeds 

     [ "bite the hand that feeds" ]

    1: 1) To stab someone in the back.

      * e.g.,  ... Will you bite the hand that feeds?  


     [ "bite the hand that feeds" ]

    2: 2) The hand that feeds is the name of a wicked song off of the Nine Inch Nails cd "With Teeth".

      * e.g.,  ... Will you chew until it bleeds? 

     [ "bite the hand that feeds" ]

    1: Another term used for "backstabbing", but especially referring to a subordinate individual that attempts to combat, or retaliate against, the powers that make/made him what he is.

      * e.g.,  ... "Osama Bin Laden tried to bite the hand that fed him by destroying the WTC (supposedly the CIA trained Osama for a Soviet invasion against Afghanistan). He'll pay for that, to say the least." 

     [ "Bite the hand that feeds you" ]

    1: 1: Turn on someone that has supported you.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't bite the hand that feeds you. You may need that hand one day. 


     [ "Bite the hand that feeds you" ]

    2: 2: Turn against a benefactor, a friend or a supporter.


     [ "Bite the hand that feeds you" ]

    3: 3: Repay support with wrong.

     [ "dont bite the hand that feeds you" ]

    1: When someone purposely turns his/her bck on the certain someone that has been there for them in more ways than one. Supported taught cared for Just so they would or could make themselves look better or be important.

      * e.g.,  ... You stepped on my toes for a come up after everything I have done for you, didnt ur momma tell you , dont bite the hand that feeds you. 

     [ "<.7.9.7.6.>Do Not Bite The Hands That Feed You<.7.9.7.6.>" ]

    1: <.>Do Not Bite The Hands That Feed You<.>

      * e.g.,  ... <.>Do Not Bite The Hands That Feed You<.> 

     [ "The hand that feeds" ]

    1: Don't bite it.

      * e.g.,  ... Trent told me not to bite the hand that feeds. 

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