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mung

/muːŋ/ /mʌŋ/

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noun

A type of small bean.

Examples :

"My mom often sprouts mung beans to add to our salads. "

food vegetable plant

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noun

The mung bean, cultivated for its sprouts, Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.

Examples :

"My sister planted mung seeds in her garden to grow sprouts for our dinner. "

food vegetable plant agriculture

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verb

To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.

Examples :

""He tried to fix the formatting on the spreadsheet, but he accidentally munged the data, and now we've lost all the sales figures from last quarter." "

computing technology internet technical action

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verb

(by extension) To harm, to damage; to destroy.

Examples :

"The spilled coffee really munged my homework assignment, making it completely unreadable. "

action negative