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Meaning of
'crunch'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Crunch
[
v. i.
]
- To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
2 .
Crunch
[
v. t.
]
- To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
Meaning of 'crunch' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
crunch
[
n
]
Meaning (1):
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
Example in sentence:
a financial crunch;
an end-of-the year crunch
Meaning (2):
- the sound of something crunching
Example in sentence:
he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
3 .
crunch
[
v
]
Meaning (3):
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
Example in sentence:
grind the spices in a mortar;
mash the garlic
Meaning (4):
- make a crushing noise
Example in sentence:
his shoes were crunching on the gravel
Meaning (5):
- chew noisily
Example in sentence:
The boy chomped his sandwich;
The children crunched the celery sticks
Nearby Words:
cruces
crucial
crucian carp
cruciate
cruciation
crucible
crucifer
cruciferous
crucified
crucifier
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