MUNCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Munch mean? 

• MUNCH (noun)
  The noun MUNCH has 2 senses:

1. Norwegian painter (1863-1944)

2. a large bite

  Familiarity information: MUNCH used as a noun is rare.

• MUNCH (verb)
  The verb MUNCH has 1 sense:

1. chew noisily

  Familiarity information: MUNCH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUNCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Norwegian painter (1863-1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edvard Munch; Munch

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large bite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich

Hypernyms ("munch" is a kind of...):

bite; chomp (the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws)

Derivation:

munch (chew noisily)

• MUNCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they munch    ... he / she / it munches   
Past simple: munched   
Past participle: munched   
-ing form: munching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chew noisily

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

crunch; munch

Context example:

The children crunched the celery sticks

Hypernyms (to "munch" is one way to...):

chew; jaw; manducate; masticate (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

munch (a large bite)

muncher (a chewer who makes a munching noise)

 Context examples 

As he walked and munched the soft bread from his scrip, it seemed strange to him to feel that it was still warm from the ovens of Beaulieu.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Grey Beaver saw him, and stopped munching the tallow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The work was inspired by Araujo's desire to study natural feeding behavior, as opposed to animals passively munching on food pellets.

(Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice, Wikinews)

They are best known for their pokey demeanor rather than the fact that they spend the majority of their lives in trees munching leaves.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)

He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass on hands and knees, crunching and munching, like some bovine creature.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Alleyne sat between them munching his bread, while the twain disputed across his knees, leaning forward with flushed faces and darting hands, in all the heat of argument.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Henry," said the other, munching with deliberation the beans he was eating, "did you happen to notice the way them dogs kicked up when I was a-feedin' 'em?"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A dry-wood fire had been lit, and round this the leaders crouched, the glare beating upon their rugged faces, while the hardy archers lounged and chatted amid the tethered horses, while they munched their scanty provisions.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Henry did not reply, but munched on in silence, until, the meal finished, he topped it with a final cup of coffee.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The order was swiftly obeyed, and in ten minutes the archers were stretched along by the side of the brook, munching the bread and the bacon which they had brought in their bags, and craning their necks to watch the ever-changing scene beneath them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)