mordre, v.a., to bite, to nibble; to corrode, to gnaw; to carp at, to find fault with. — la poussière; to bite the dust. Chien qui aboie ne mord pas; barking dogs do not bite.
se mordre, v.r., to bite one’s self. Se — la langue, les lèvres; to bite one’s tongue, one’s lip; (fig.) to repent, to be annoyed. S’en — les doigts; to repent of anything.
mordre, v.n., to bite, to nibble; to eat away; to hold fast, to take effect, to take to, to like; to get on with, to come at; to criticize; to censure; (print.) to cover. Je n’ai jamais pu — au Latin; I was never able to take to Latin. Il ne saurait y —; it is beyond his reach; he will never attain to it. — à l’hameçon; to take, to snap at, or swallow, the bait.
mordu, -e, adj., (bot.) premorse (ending abruptly, as if bitten off).
more, n.m., Moor; blackamoor.
☉moreau, adj., extremely black. Cheval —; jet-black horse.
morelle, n.f., (bot.) nightshade.
morène, n.f., (bot.) frogbit.
moresque, adj., Moorish, moresque.
moresque, n.f., morris-dance; (paint.) moresque.