Crunch (Verb)
Meaning 1
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The peanut brittle was further processed to crunch the nuts into smaller pieces.
- The ancient Chinese were also known to crunch the roots and use them as herbal remedies.
- The food processor can be used to crunch the seeds and nuts before adding them to the trail mix.
- Crush the ice and crunch the cookies to create a crunchy mixture for the dessert topping.
- A combination of machines and hand tools were used to crunch the materials into extremely small sizes.
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Meaning 2
Make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The potato chips were crunching loudly as I bit into them in the quiet library.
- Ice was crunching beneath her feet as she walked across the frozen pond.
- The granola bars crunching between her teeth were the only snack she had brought.
- His boots were crunching on the frozen leaves that covered the trail.
- As she bit down on the apple the juicy flesh was crunching between her teeth.
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Meaning 3
Press or grind with a crushing noise.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She began to crunch the leaves as she walked hastily down the garden path.
- The cold wheels started to crunch the gravel of the driveway as she pulled in.
- As the animal ventured into the forest, it started to crunch the pebbles beneath its feet.
- The moment she stepped onto the snowy ground, her boots started to crunch.
- The wind began to howl, and a branch started to crunch against the windowpane.
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Meaning 4
Chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Apples crunch between your teeth when you take a big bite of them.
- She crunched the ice in her mouth and drank the rest of the water.
- The children crunched the celery sticks that their mom had given them for snack.
- He crunched a handful of potato chips to quench his midnight cravings.
- The happy toddler crunched her Goldfish crackers on the car ride.