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Mung definition

See munging.
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A type of small bean.
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A type of plant cultivated for its sprouts Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.
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(computing) To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
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(by extension) To destroy.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of mung - moong

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
mung
Plural:
mungs

Origin of mung

  • Possibly from Mash Until No Good, or a self referencing acronym, Mung Until No Good. Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s.

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  • From Hindi

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Mung Sentence Examples

  • The pulses mung, urd and moth are grown generally in the autumn alone, or in combination with millets; and gram, alone or in combination with wheat and barley, is an important spring crop. Sugar-cane, indigo, poppy and tobacco are locally important; and a little tea is grown in the submontane districts of Almora Garhwal and Dehra Dun.

  • Mung beans are an excellent source of vital nutrients.

  • Mung dal is held to have a balancing effect on all three doshas.

  • Other crops grown include groundnuts, cowpeas, mung beans, and corn.

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