verb🔗ShareBroyer, croquerTo 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."Quand je suis rentré à la maison, Susan regardait la télé, les pieds sur le canapé, en croquant un morceau de céleri.foodsoundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCraqué, broyéTo be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."The little boy crunched the dry leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "Le petit garçon a craqué les feuilles sèches sous ses pieds en se promenant dans le parc.soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCalculer, traiterTo 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."Ces métadonnées permettent au moteur de recherche de traiter beaucoup plus facilement les données pour les requêtes.computingmathnumberstatisticsbusinessfinancetechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBroyé, écraséTo grind or press with violence and noise."The child crunched the fallen leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "L'enfant broyait les feuilles mortes sous ses pieds en se promenant dans le parc.actionsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCraquer, grincerTo emit a grinding or crunching noise."The heavy truck crunched over the gravel driveway. "Le gros camion a craqué sur l'allée de gravier.soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCompresserTo compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching."The programmer crunched the image file to make it smaller for faster downloading. "Le programmeur a compressé le fichier image pour le rendre plus petit et ainsi accélérer le téléchargement.computingtechnologyinternetelectronicssignalcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire travailler les employés en heures supplémentaires, faire bosserTo make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project."The software company crunched its programmers for six weeks straight to finish the game before the holiday season. "L'entreprise de logiciels a fait travailler ses programmeurs en heures supplémentaires pendant six semaines d'affilée pour terminer le jeu avant la période des fêtes.businessjobworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading