The Clue
Harsh, as winter winds (6 letter answer)
The Answer
BITING
Tags
Notes
The answer BITING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
BITE as a verb:
1. (bite, seize with teeth) = to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
2. (bite, sting, burn) = cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
3. penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
4. (sting, bite, prick) = deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
BITING as an adjective:
1. (barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious) = capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
2. (biting, bitter) = causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"