verb Download 🔗Share To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. Examples : "When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery." food sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. Examples : "The snow was crunching under my boots as I walked to school. " sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators. Examples : "That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries." math computing statistics technology number process business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grind or press with violence and noise. Examples : "The dog was crunching loudly on its bone. " sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To emit a grinding or crunching noise. Examples : "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. " sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching. Examples : "The computer program crunched the large video file, reducing its size so it could be sent easily via email. " computing technology technical internet machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project. Examples : "The software developers have been crunching for weeks to finish the game before its release date. " business job work organization industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crunch noise. Examples : "The crunching of the gravel under my tires told me someone was driving up the driveway. " sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
