mulch

n : a protective covering of half-rotten vegetable matter spread

to reduce evaporation and soil erosion

v : cover with mulch, as of garden beds

munch

To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring

large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure.

Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but

connotes less pain.

Often confused with {mung}.

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(1995-01-10)