Definitions of crumble [ˈkrʌm bəl]

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Definition of 'crumble'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) crumble
to break or collapse into small fragments.

2. crumble
to decay or disintegrate gradually:
The ancient walls were crumbling.

3. (v.t.) crumble
to break into small particles or crumbs.

4. (n.) crumble
a crumbly or crumbled substance.

Etymology: (1425–75; late ME kremelen, akin to cromecrumb ; see -le)

Definition of 'crumble'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

2. (verb) crumble, fall apart
break or fall apart into fragments
"The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

3. (verb) decay, crumble, dilapidate
fall into decay or ruin
"The unoccupied house started to decay"

Definition of 'crumble'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) crumble
to break or make break apart easily
Next, crumble the cheese onto the salad.; pastry that crumbles in your fingers

2. crumble
to gradually fall apart
The city's bridges are crumbling.

Definition of 'crumble'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) crumble
to break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces

2. (verb) crumble
to fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish

Translation of 'crumble'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to break into crumbs or small pieces She crumbled the bread; The building had crumbled into ruins; Her hopes of success finally crumbled.
Afrikaans: verkrummel	Arabic: يَتَفَتَّت، يَنْهـار	Bulgarian: роня
Brazilian: desfazer	Czech: drobit; rozpadnout se	German: zerkrümeln
Danish: smuldre	Greek: θρυμματίζω, καταρρέω	Spanish: desmigajar, desmenuzar
Estonian: murendama, murenema	Farsi: خرد شدن؛ فروریختن	Finnish: murentua
French: (s')émietter, s'effondrer	Hebrew: לְפוֹרֵר	Hindi: चूर चूर होना
Croatian: razmrviti	Hungarian: szétmorzsol	Indonesian: menghancurkan
Icelandic: mylja; molna	Italian: sbriciolare	Japanese: ぼろぼろに砕ける
Korean: 부수다	Lithuanian: trupinti, trupėti, irti,	Latvian: drupināt; sadrupt; sairt;
Malay: musnah	Dutch: verkruimelen, ten onder g	Norwegian: smuldre opp/bort, synke i
Polish: rozpadać się, kruszyć się	Persian: خرد شدن؛ فروریختن	Pashto: کوچنی کیدل ، ټوټه کیدل
Portuguese: desfazer-se	Romanian: a (se) face fărâme	Russian: крошить(ся); рушиться
Slovak: mrviť; rozpadnúť sa	Slovenian: drobiti; sesuti se	Serbian: smrviti
Swedish: smula, (falla) sönder	Thai: ทำให้แตกละเอียด	Turkish: ufala(n)mak
Taiwanese: 弄碎	Ukrainian: кришити(ся); розпадатися	Urdu: ريزه ريزه هو جانا، ٹ‍ک‍ڑے
Vietnamese: bẻ vụn	Chinese: 弄碎
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