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Meanings of acid-biting in English

Spanish
mordido

In printmaking, chemical action of acid etching or ‘eating’ into a metal plate.

        mordido
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        Examples for "biting"
        Examples for "biting"
        1
        But recent government efforts to cool the market appear to be biting.
        Reuters
        2
        Kachiun held himself still, biting back the questions he wanted to ask.
        Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
        3
        Did you believe some biting was necessary to maintain the LD population?
        Raising Stony Mayhall
        4
        Most of the young men simply couldn't stand the biting and stinging.
        Brave New World
        5
        Allan told Morning Report it was quite literally a nail biting evening.
        Radio NZ
        1
        The midget said something biting in his peculiarly cracked and brittle voice.
        Space Platform
        2
        Yet many of the creatures still clung to him, biting in fury.
        Servant of a dark god
        3
        In fact, it's still biting in north Canterbury, he said.
        Radio NZ
        4
        The trout take no pleasure in biting in such weather.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
        5
        I consider you in this declaration, like madmen biting in the hour of death.
        The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The America...
        Translations for acid-biting
        Spanish
        mordido