About The Word Crumble
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Crumble Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Crumble?
[v] fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
[v] break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" [v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crumble: break down | collapse | crumple | decay | delapidate | tumble Related Terms | Find terms related to Crumble: abate | ablate | abrade | atomize | bate | be eaten away | beat | bite the dust | bray | break | break down | break up | brecciate | canker | cave in | collapse | come apart | come to dust | come unstuck | comminute | conk out | consume | consume away | contriturate | corrode | corrupt | crack up | crumb | crumble into dust | crumble to dust | crush | decay | decline | decompose | decrease | deliquesce | die away | diminish | disintegrate | disjoin | disorganize | dissolve | dive | droop | drop | drop off | dwindle | ebb | effloresce | erode | fade | fail | faint | fall | fall away | fall into decay | fall off | fall to dust | fall to pieces | fester | fission | fizzle out | flag | flour | fragment | gangrene | give out | give way | go bad | go downhill | go soft | go to pieces | grain | granulate | granulize | grate | grind | grind to powder | hit the skids | languish | lessen | let up | levigate | mash | melt away | mildew | mill | mold | molder | mortify | mush | necrose | peg out | pestle | peter out | pine | plummet | plunge | poop out | pound | powder | pulverize | putrefy | putresce | rankle | reduce to powder | rot | run low | sag | scrunch | shard | shiver | shred | shrink | sink | smash | sphacelate | split | spoil | squash | subside | suppurate | tail off | taint | topple | triturate | tumble | turn | wane | waste | waste away | weaken | wear | wear away | wear thin | wilt | yield See Also | break | bust | change integrity | corrode | deteriorate | disintegrate | droop | eat at | erode | fall apart | gnaw | gnaw at | ruin | rust | wear | wear away | wear out | weather | wilt Crumble In Webster's Dictionary \Crum"ble\ (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled}
(-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of
crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. kr?meln.]
To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And
crumble all thy sinews. --Milton.
\Crum"ble\, v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. --Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. --Prescott. |
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