'Crumb' definitions:
Definition of 'crumb'
From: WordNet
noun
A very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"
noun
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!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
noun
Small piece of e.g. bread or cake
verb
Coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"
verb
Break into crumbs
verb
Remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
Definition of 'Crumb'
From: GCIDE
- Crumb \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. [1913 Webster]
- Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. --Luke xvi. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The soft part of bread. [1913 Webster]
- Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old Song. [1913 Webster]
- Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
- To a crum, with great exactness; completely. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crumb'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'crumb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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