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crumble

[ kruhm-buhl ]

verb (used with object)

crumbled, crumbling.
  1. to break into small fragments or crumbs.

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verb (used without object)

crumbled, crumbling.
  1. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.

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  2. to decay or disintegrate gradually:

    The ancient walls had crumbled.

noun

  1. a crumbly or crumbled substance.
  2. crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
  3. British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.

crumble

/ 藞办谤蕦尘产蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to break or be broken into crumbs or fragments
  2. intr to fall apart or away

    his resolution crumbled

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a baked pudding consisting of a crumbly mixture of flour, fat, and sugar over stewed fruit

    apple crumble

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠谤耻尘顎僢濒颈苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 丑补濒蹿顎-肠谤耻尘顎僢濒别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠谤耻尘顎僢濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crumble1

1375鈥1425; earlier crymble, crimble; late Middle English kremelen, akin to crome crumb; -le
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crumble1

C16: variant of crimble, of Germanic origin; compare Low German 办谤枚尘别濒苍, Dutch kruimelen
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Idioms and Phrases

see that's how the ball bounces (cookie crumbles) .
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Example Sentences

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But what's even more disastrous is that people watch as their kids' schools are crumbling, and we're sending billions of dollars abroad to drop bombs on other kids and their schools.

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Housing developers continued to build even as the property market crumbled.

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"It was just crumbling. It flew miles into the sky and all the smoke that followed it," she said.

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A once-revered universal healthcare system is crumbling at every level, sometimes barely getting by on the sheer willpower of doctors and local communities.

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They crumbled up spent blocks of mushroom spawn to further aid in breaking down the toxins.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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