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zermalmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bray verb Of a donkey (or similar animal): to make its loud, harsh cry.
  • crunch verb To crush something noisily, especially food, making a crackling sound.

Senses

zermalmen is used for these senses in English:

  • bray (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
  • crunch To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

bray — full definition

  1. verb Of a donkey (or similar animal): to make its loud, harsh cry.
  2. verb To speak or laugh in a loud, harsh, grating way.
  3. noun The harsh cry of a donkey, or any similarly grating sound.

crunch — full definition

  1. verb To crush something noisily, especially food, making a crackling sound.
  2. verb To process large amounts of data or numbers.
  3. noun The crackling sound made when something is crushed or bitten into.
  4. noun A critical or decisive moment, often involving pressure or difficulty.
  5. noun In game or software development, a period of mandatory overtime before a deadline.

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