munch
verb (used with object)
to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
have munched
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present perfectof munch.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An EU-funded project has placed Cyprus on the frontline to deal with an invasion of marauding lionfish which have munched their way through the eastern Mediterranean in the past five years.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2019
For more than a year, giant rodent invaders with orange-hued teeth have munched through California’s marshland, threatening significant damage to the state’s wetlands and water infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2019
Weishampel is trying to correlate tooth design, patterns of tooth wear, the size of the mouth and other aspects of skull mechanics with the types of plants the dinosaurs might have munched.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of their horses or mules might have munched at the maguey in passing; and, viewing the bruised blade from a distance, I should have hazarded just such a conjecture.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
Should not Matthew have repented in the sackcloth of solitary confinement, and Aby have munched and crunched between his teeth the bitter ashes of prison bread and water?
From Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
