mite
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/maɪt/
🇬🇧
/maɪt/
noun
R
A tiny bug that lives in dirt, on plants, animals, or in your house, like in carpets.
I read that mattresses can have thousands of mites living in them.
R
A very small or young child or animal that makes you feel pity.
The tiny kitten was a shivering mite, alone in the rain.
R
A word used to say something is slightly or a little bit so.
It felt just a mite colder today than yesterday.
R
A little amount of something.
Could you turn up the volume just a mite?
translation
A tiny bug that lives in dirt, on plants, animals, or in your house, like in carpets.; A very small or young child or animal that makes you feel pity.; A word used to say something is slightly or a little bit so.; A little amount of something.
Word Forms
Plural
mites