BRAUNCH | • braunch n. Obsolete form of branch. • braunch v. Obsolete form of branch. • BRAUNCH v. to spread like a tree branch, also BRANCH. |
CRAUNCH | • craunch v. (Transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. • craunch n. (Archaic) A grinding or crunching sound. • craunch n. (Mining) A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof. |
FLAUNCH | • flaunch v. (Transitive, construction) To provide with flaunching. • flaunch n. (Heraldry) Alternative form of flanch. • FLAUNCH v. to widen into a flared shape, also FLANCH. |
GAUNCH | • gaunch v. Alternative form of ganch (“to impale”). • GAUNCH v. to impale, also GANCH. |
GRAUNCH | • graunch v. To grind or crunch. • graunch n. A grinding or crunching sound. • GRAUNCH v. (New Zealand) to crush or destroy. |
HAUNCH | • haunch n. (Anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or… • haunch n. The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. • haunch n. (Architecture) A squat vertical support structure. |
LAUNCH | • launch v. (Transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. • launch v. (Transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance. • launch v. (Transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. |
OUTLAUNCH | • outlaunch v. (Transitive) To launch more spacecraft than. • OUTLAUNCH v. to launch forth, also OUTLAUNCE. |
OVERLAUNCH | • overlaunch v. (Shipbuilding, transitive) To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance… • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
PAUNCH | • paunch n. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. • paunch n. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct. • paunch n. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. |
POSTLAUNCH | • postlaunch adj. After a launch. • POSTLAUNCH adj. following a launch. |
PRELAUNCH | • prelaunch adj. Preparatory to launch. • pre-launch adj. Alternative form of prelaunch. • PRELAUNCH adj. preceding a launch. |
RAUNCH | • raunch n. Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy. • raunch n. Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression. • raunch n. Socially unacceptable sexual behavior. |
RELAUNCH | • relaunch v. To launch again. • relaunch n. The act or fact of launching again. • RELAUNCH v. to launch again. |
SNAPHAUNCH | • SNAPHAUNCH n. (obsolete) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap, also SNAPHANCE, SNAPHAUNCE. |
STAUNCH | • staunch adj. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight. • staunch adj. Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition. • staunch adj. (Figuratively). |