| crunch | | |
| n. (event) | 1. crunch | the sound of something crunching.; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (state) | 2. crunch | a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources).; "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch" |
| ~ situation | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" |
| n. (act) | 3. compaction, crunch, crush | the act of crushing. |
| ~ compressing, compression | applying pressure. |
| ~ pulverisation, pulverization, grind, mill | the act of grinding to a powder or dust. |
| v. (communication) | 4. crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch | make a crushing noise.; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| ~ crump, scrunch, thud | make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants. |
| v. (contact) | 5. cranch, craunch, crunch, grind | press or grind with a crushing noise. |
| ~ press | exert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
| v. (consumption) | 6. crunch, munch | chew noisily.; "The children crunched the celery sticks" |
| ~ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| v. (change) | 7. bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
| ~ pulp | reduce to pulp.; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" |
| ~ pestle | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.; "pestle the garlic" |
| ~ mill | grind with a mill.; "mill grain" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
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