crunch
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(verb) make crunching noises; "his shoes wre crunching on the gravel" |
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Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch |
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Related Words: make noise, noise, resound |
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(verb) chew noisily; "The chidren crunched the celery sticks" |
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Synonyms: munch |
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Related Words: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate |
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(verb) press or grind with a crunching noise |
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Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind |
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Related Words: press |
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(noun) the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" |
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Related Words: noise |
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(noun) the act of crushing |
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Synonyms: compaction, crush |
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Related Words: compressing, compression, grind, mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
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Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash |
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Related Words: break up, fragment, fragmentize, mill, pestle, powder, powderize, pulp, pulverize |
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(verb) make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants |
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Synonyms: crump, scrunch, thud |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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