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mite
tiny particle; an insect; a small amount
Not to be confused with:
might – force; strength; past tense of may
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mite 1
(mīt)n.
Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease.
[Middle English, from Old English mīte.]
mite 2
(mīt)n.
Idiom: 1.
a. A very small contribution or amount of money.
b. A widow's mite.
2. A very small object, creature, or particle.
3. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.
a mite
To a small degree; somewhat: That remark was a mite unfair.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mīte, a small Flemish coin, tiny animal.]
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mite
(maɪt)n
(Animals) any of numerous small free-living or parasitic arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari) that can occur in terrestrial or aquatic habitats. See also gall mite, harvest mite, itch mite, spider mite Compare tick2
[Old English mīte; compare Old High German mīza gnat, Dutch mijt]
mite
(maɪt)n
1. a very small particle, creature, or object
2. a very small contribution or sum of money. See also widow's mite
3. (Historical Terms) a former Flemish coin of small value
4. a mite informal somewhat: he's a mite foolish.
[C14: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch mīte; compare mite1]
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mite1
(maɪt)n.
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
[before 1000; Middle English myte, Old English mīte; c. Middle Dutch mīte, Old High German miza midge]
mite2
(maɪt)n.
1. a very small contribution or sum of money.
2. a coin of very small value.
3. a very small creature, person, or thing.
Idioms: a mite, somewhat; a bit: a mite selfish.
[1300–50; Middle English myte < Middle Dutch mīte small copper coin; ultimately identical with mite1]
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mite
(mīt) Any of various very small arachnids that often live as parasites on other animals or plants. Like ticks and unlike spiders, mites have no division between the cephalothorax and abdomen.
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Noun | 1. | mite - a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time |
2. | mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods Acarina, order Acarina - mites and ticks acarine - mite or tick web-spinning mite - a mite that spins a web acarid - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks trombidiid - mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates acarus, genus Acarus - any of several mites of the order Acarina itch mite, sarcoptid - whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals; "itch mites cause scabies" rust mite - any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit spider mite, tetranychid - web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees |
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mite
1mite
2 nounRelated words
adjective acaroid
adjective acaroid
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mite
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Translations
حَشَرَهطِفْل صَغير
prcekroztoč
lille myrmide
punkki
grinja
atkakukacpici gyerek
krílismámaur, áttfætlumaur
だに
erkė
knislismazulis
roztoč
çocukcağızkeneminicik kimse
mite
1 [maɪt] N (= insect) → ácaro m, acárido mmite
2 [maɪt] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mite
[ˈmaɪt] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mite
1n (Zool) → Milbe f
mite
2n
(Hist, = coin) → Scherf m, → Heller m; to contribute one’s mite to something → sein Scherflein zu etw beitragen
adv (inf) a mite surprised/disappointed → etwas or ein bisschen überrascht/enttäuscht; could you wait a mite longer? → können Sie noch ein Momentchen warten? (inf)
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mite
(mait) noun1. a tiny person or child.
2. a type of very small insect.
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mite
n ácaro; dust — ácaro del polvo; harvest —ácaro de la cosecha, ácaro rojo, larva roja de ciertos ácarosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.