'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]
Synonyms of 'crumble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- atomize,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- beat,
- bite the dust,
- bray,
- break,
- break down,
- break up,
- brecciate,
- canker,
- cave in,
- collapse,
- come apart,
- come to dust,
- come unstuck,
- comminute,
- conk out,
- consume,
- consume away,
- contriturate,
- corrode,
- corrupt,
- crack up,
- crumb,
- crumble into dust,
- crumble to dust,
- crush,
- decay,
- decline,
- decompose,
- decrease,
- deliquesce,
- die away,
- diminish,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- disorganize,
- dissolve,
- dive,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- effloresce,
- erode,
- fade,
- fail,
- faint,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall into decay,
- fall off,
- fall to dust,
- fall to pieces,
- fester,
- fission,
- fizzle out,
- flag,
- flour,
- fragment,
- gangrene,
- give out,
- give way,
- go bad,
- go downhill,
- go soft,
- go to pieces,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulize,
- grate,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- hit the skids,
- languish,
- lessen,
- let up,
- levigate,
- mash,
- melt away,
- mildew,
- mill,
- mold,
- molder,
- mortify,
- mush,
- necrose,
- peg out,
- pestle,
- peter out,
- pine,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poop out,
- pound,
- powder,
- pulverize,
- putrefy,
- putresce,
- rankle,
- reduce to powder,
- rot,
- run low,
- sag,
- scrunch,
- shard,
- shiver,
- shred,
- shrink,
- sink,
- smash,
- sphacelate,
- split,
- spoil,
- squash,
- subside,
- suppurate,
- tail off,
- taint,
- topple,
- triturate,
- tumble,
- turn,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wear thin,
- wilt,
- yield