About The Word Crumb
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Crumb
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What's The Definition Of Crumb?
[n] small piece of e.g. bread or cake
[n] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!" [v] remove crumbs from; "crumb the table" [v] break into crumbs [v] coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crumb: bum | lowlife | puke | rat | rotter | scum bag | skunk | so-and-so | stinker | stinkpot Related Terms | Find terms related to Crumb: abrade | air pollution | atom | atomize | attritus | beat | besprinkle | bit | bite | bran | bray | bread | brecciate | butt | chip | chunk | clip | clipping | collop | comminute | contriturate | cosmic dust | crumble | crush | cut | cutting | disintegrate | dollop | dot | dram | dredge | drop | droplet | dust | dust ball | efflorescence | end | fallout | farina | filings | fleck | flour | flyspeck | fragment | gnat | gob | gobbet | grain | granulate | granulize | grate | grind | grind to powder | grits | groats | hunk | iota | jot | kittens | levigate | lint | lota | lump | mash | meal | microbe | microorganism | midge | mill | minim | minutia | minutiae | mite | modicum | moiety | molecule | morceau | morsel | mote | nip | ounce | paring | particle | patch | pepper | pestle | piece | pinhead | pinpoint | point | pound | powder | pulverize | pussies | rasher | raspings | reduce to powder | sawdust | scintilla | scoop | scrap | scrunch | shard | shaving | shiver | shred | slice | sliver | smash | smidgen | smithereen | smut | snack | snatch | snick | snip | snippet | soot | spatter | speck | speckle | splatter | splinter | spot | sprinkle | squash | stitch | stud | stump | tag | tatter | tittle | triturate | vanishing point See Also | baked good | bit | bite | breadcrumb | break up | coat | cracker crumbs | disagreeable person | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize | morsel | remove | surface | take | take away | unpleasant person | withdraw Crumb In Webster's Dictionary \Crumb\ (kr[u^]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G.
krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also
{crum}.]
1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of
bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
the rich man's table. --Luke xvi.
21.
2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
3. The soft part of bread.
Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get
crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old Song.
{Crumb brush}, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
{To a crum}, with great exactness; completely.
\Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbing} (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also {crum}.] |
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