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mite

1

[ mahyt ]

noun

  1. 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.


mite

2

[ mahyt ]

noun

  1. a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
  2. a very small sum of money.
  3. a coin of very small value.
  4. a very small object.
  5. a very small creature.

adverb

  1. to a small extent; somewhat (often preceded by a ):

    a mite selfish.

mite

1

/ maɪt /

noun

  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. a mite informal.
    somewhat

    he's a mite foolish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


mite

2

/ maɪt /

noun

  1. 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 tick 2 acaroid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mite

/ mīt /

  1. Any of various very small arachnids of the subclass Acari 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mite1

before 1000; Middle English myte, Old English mīte; cognate with Middle Dutch mīte, Old High German miza midge

Origin of mite2

1300–50; Middle English myte < Middle Dutch mīte small copper coin; ultimately identical with mite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mite1

C14: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch mīte; compare mite 1

Origin of mite2

Old English mīte; compare Old High German mīza gnat, Dutch mijt
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Example Sentences

If you happen to be under or near these oak trees, those mites may land on you and bite.

When the mites drop from trees, they usually land on the upper body, leaving bites on your neck, shoulders or chest.

The neural net learned to iteratively improve at classifying and identifying various objects—for instance, a mite, a mushroom, a motor scooter, a Madagascar cat.

I still keep pictures on my cell phone of my face mites so that I can show them to people.

There are two species of little eight-legged mites that live on all of our faces — and elsewhere on our bodies, by the way.

How eagerly she looks forward to pay day, for that little mite means so much at home.

Not the greatest tragedy in the world, perhaps, but a mite sad.

OPEC meets in Vienna on Friday, a meeting that will, according to the Wall Street Journal, be a mite testy.

Predicting Palestinian genocide of Jews under a one-state solution is a mite farfetched, I would submit.

This made him look a mite desperate and distinctly unpresidential.

One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.

To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!

Them's ther very words I heered him say, 'n' I wuzn't ennythin' but a mite, but I didn't furgit it.

The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.

I own a mite of land along the railroad, Johnnie, but you buy all the rest from the falls to the station.

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