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- Dictionarycrumbling/ˈkrʌmblɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration: "their crumbling ancestral home"
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to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers. The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble. [ I ] to become weaker in strength or influence: Support for the government is crumbling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces.
to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers. The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble. [ I ] to become weaker in strength or influence: Support for the government is crumbling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces.
noun. 1. : something crumbled : fine debris. 2. : crisp sense 2. Synonyms. Verb. atrophy. decay. decline.
1. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate: The ancient castle had crumbled to ruins. 2. To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure. n. 1. A baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture: cherry crumble. 2. The crumbly mixture on top of such a dessert.
Synonyms for CRUMBLING: disintegration, dissolution, decay, decomposition, rot, breakdown, putrefaction, spoilage; Antonyms of CRUMBLING: growth, maturation, ripening, improving, ameliorating, upgrading, strengthening, bettering.
to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers. The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble. [ I ] to become weaker in strength or influence: Support for the government is crumbling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces.
crumble. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English crum‧ble1 /ˈkrʌmbəl/ verb 1 [ intransitive] (also crumble away) if something, especially something made of stone or rock, is crumbling, small pieces are breaking off it The old stonework was crumbling away. crumbling colonial buildings see thesaurus at break 2 [ intransitive, ...
break or fall apart into fragments. “The cookies crumbled ” “The Sphinx is crumbling ” synonyms: fall apart. see more. verb. fall apart. “the building crumbled after the explosion” synonyms: break down, collapse, crumple, tumble. see more. verb. fall into decay or ruin. synonyms: decay, dilapidate. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˈkrʌmbəl/ UK.
crum•ble /ˈkrʌmbəl/ v., -bled, -bling. to (cause to) break into small fragments: [ no object] The ancient paper crumbled in his hands. [ ~ + object] I crumbled the dried leaves in my fingers. [ no object] to disintegrate gradually; collapse; lose strength: The ancient empire was crumbling from within. crum•bly, adj., -bli•er, -bli•est.
May 20, 2024 · crumble. (krʌmbəl ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense crumbles , present participle crumbling , past tense, past participle crumbled. 1. verb. If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments. [VERB] Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
