BIT (AT) Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

bit (at)

verb

Definition of bit (at)

past tense of bite (at)

as in eroded

to consume or wear away gradually the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on

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Hence the switch, a year or so after the film’s release, to a stadium now named after the latest in a long line of sponsors that, for all the vital money brought in, have slightly eroded identity.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
This eroded roughly a quarter of the air-quality progress made in those states over decades under the Clean Air Act.

— Sissi Liu, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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