verbπShareTo crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound."When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."foodsoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. "soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators."That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."mathcomputingstatisticstechnologynumberprocessbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo grind or press with violence and noise."The dog was crunching loudly on its bone. "soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo emit a grinding or crunching noise."Here are a few options: The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. He was crunching loudly on his potato chips during the movie. The car tires were crunching on the gravel driveway. " soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching."The computer program crunched the large video file, reducing its size so it could be sent easily via email. "computingtechnologytechnicalinternetmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project."The software developers have been crunching for weeks to finish the game before its release date. "businessjobworkorganizationindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA crunch noise."The crunching of the gravel under my tires told me someone was driving up the driveway. "soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
