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- Dictionarymite/mʌɪt/
noun
- 1. a small child or animal, especially when regarded as an object of sympathy: "the poor little mite looks half-starved"
- 2. a very small amount: "his teacher thought he needed a mite of discipline"
adverb
- 1. a little; slightly: informal "I haven't eaten yet and I'm feeling a mite peckish"
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MITE definition: 1. a very small animal similar to a spider: 2. a young child, especially one deserving sympathy…. Learn more.
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as each other's closest relative within Arachnida, rendering the group non ...
How to use mite in a sentence. any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors… See the full definition
Mite definition: 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.. See examples of MITE used in a sentence.
A mite is teeny-weeny and itty-bitty. It's not much at all. Put away your ruler, because you can't measure a mite any more than you can measure a smidge, a tad, a speck, a tough, or a pinch — all English words for a tiny amount. Such words are useful when making polite requests.
MITE meaning: 1. a very small animal similar to a spider: 2. a young child, especially one deserving sympathy…. Learn more.
1. a very small particle, creature, or object. 2. a very small contribution or sum of money. See also widow's mite. 3. a former Flemish coin of small value. 4. See a mite.
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. Idiom: a mite. To a small degree; somewhat: That remark was a mite unfair.
Definition of mite noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. noun. mites. Any of a large subclass (Acari) of tiny, sometimes microscopic, arachnids often parasitic upon animals, insects, or plants, or infesting prepared foods, including many species that transmit diseases. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A very small sum of money or contribution. Webster's New World.
