1. to chew or crunch with a grinding sound
Usage: archaic or dialectal; chiefly British

Examples

• The horse would cranch its oats loudly in the stable.
• She cranched on the hard candy between her teeth.
• The sound of boots cranching on gravel echoed through the courtyard.
• He cranched the apple noisily as he walked.
• The old mill would cranch the grain into flour.