'Crumble' definitions:

Definition of 'crumble'

From: WordNet
verb
Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse]
verb
Break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" [syn: crumble, fall apart]
verb
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate]

Definition of 'Crumble'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 Webster]
  • He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crumble'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

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