- bite force
- masticatory f.
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force — [n1] physical energy, power arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam*, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum,… … New thesaurus
Orders of magnitude (force) — The following list shows different orders of magnitude of force. Since weight under gravity is a force, several of these examples refer to the weight of various objects. Unless otherwise stated, these are weights under average Earth gravity at… … Wikipedia
bite — bite1 [ baıt ] (past tense bit [ bıt ] ; past participle bit|ten [ bıtn ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it: I wish you wouldn t bite your nails. bite into: Tom had… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bite the bullet — phrasal : to face up to an unpleasant situation by taking action we are now seeing responsible industries beginning to bite the bullet and clean up waste sites Harold Gershowitz * * * bite the bullet informal phrase to force yourself to do… … Useful english dictionary
bite*/*/ — [baɪt] (past tense bit [bɪt] ; past participle bitten [ˈbɪt(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it Stop biting your nails.[/ex] I ve just been bitten by a snake.[/ex] Tom bit into his… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bite — 1. To incise or seize with the teeth. 2. The act of incision or seizure with the teeth. 3. A morsel of food held between the teeth. 4. Term used to denote the amount of pressure developed in closing the jaws. 5. Undesirable jargon for terms such… … Medical dictionary
force — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, abuse, actuate, acuteness, administer, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, affective meaning, aggression, aggressiveness, ambitiousness, amount, amperage, amplitude, animality, animate, apply, arm, armed… … Moby Thesaurus
bite one's lips — {v. phr.} To force oneself to remain silent and not to reveal one s feelings. * /I had to bite my lips when I heard my boss give the wrong orders./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite one's lips — {v. phr.} To force oneself to remain silent and not to reveal one s feelings. * /I had to bite my lips when I heard my boss give the wrong orders./ … Dictionary of American idioms
