What is the meaning of biting?

verb

• To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws.
  • usage: "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
  • synonyms: bite, seize with teeth
• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
  • usage: "The sun burned his face"
  • synonyms: bite, sting, burn
• Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.
  • usage: "The fork bit into the surface"
  • synonyms: bite
• Deliver a sting to.
  • usage: "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • synonyms: sting, bite, prick

adjective

• Capable of wounding.
  • usage: "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
  • synonyms: barbed, nipping, pungent, mordacious
• Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold.
  • usage: "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
  • synonyms: bitter