crumble

crumble
[[t]krʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]]
crumbles, crumbling, crumbled
1) V-ERG If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.

Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...

[V n] Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.

2) VERB If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.

The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...

[V prep/adv] The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.

Syn:
Crumble away means the same as crumble.

V P Britain's coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away.

3) VERB If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end.

Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...

The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...

It only takes a minute for the football hopes of an entire country to crumble.

Syn:
Crumble away means the same as crumble.

Opposition more or less crumbled away.

4) VERB If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.

Brighton have too many experienced players to crumble just because we are in town...

He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't likely to crumble under pressure.

5) N-VAR: usu n N A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar. [BRIT]

...apple crumble.

Phrasal Verbs:

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Crumble — à la rhubarbe. Le crumble, en général aux fruits est un gâteau d’origine britannique composé d’une couche de fruits dans le fond du plat, et d’une couche de pâte à l’apparence émiettée d’où le nom : en anglais to crumble sign …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Crumble — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Crumble recién sacado del horno Crumble es un pastel elaborado con frutas originario de la cocina inglesa. Se elabora con diversas frutas a las que se recubre con una masa de harina y manteca (generalmente… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Crumble — 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. [1913 Webster] If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crumble — Crum ble (kr[u^]m b l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled} (kr[u^]m b ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (kr[u^]m bl[i^]ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. kruimelen G. kr[ u]meln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crumble — ● crumble nom masculin (de l anglais to crumble, émietter) Préparation de fruits (pommes, poires, fruits rouges, etc.) recouverts de pâte sablée et cuite au four. (Cuisine anglaise.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • crumble — index decay, degenerate, disintegrate, ebb, give (yield), impair, perish Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • crumble — late 15c., kremelen, from O.E. *crymelan, presumed frequentative of gecrymman to break into crumbs, from cruma (see CRUMB (Cf. crumb)). The b is 16c., probably on analogy of French derived words like humble, where it belongs, or by influence of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • crumble — disintegrate, decompose, *decay, rot, putrefy, spoil …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • crumble — [v] break or fall into pieces break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • crumble — ► VERB 1) break or fall apart into small fragments. 2) gradually disintegrate or fail. ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a pudding made with fruit and a topping of flour and fat rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • crumble — [krum′bəl] vt. crumbled, crumbling [freq. of CRUMB] to break into crumbs or small pieces vi. to fall to pieces; disintegrate n. Rare a crumb or crumbling substance …   English World dictionary

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