different between crumble vs dilapidate

English

Alternative forms

• crimble (dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb +? -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??mb?l/, [?k??mb??l], [?k??mbl?]
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Verb

crumble (third-person singular simple present crumbles, present participle crumbling, simple past and past participle crumbled)

1. (intransitive, often figuratively) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

   The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.

2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.

   We crumbled some bread into the water.

3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

   Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.

Translations

Noun

crumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)

2. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

   Synonyms: crisp, crunch

Translations

Further reading

• crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Clumber

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English crumble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?œm.bœl/, /k?œ?bl/

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. (France) crumble (dessert)

Spanish

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. crumble

English

Etymology

From Latin dilapid?tus, past participle of dilapid? (“I destroy with stones”), from dis (“intensifier”) + lapid? (“I stone”), from lapis (“stone”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??læp.?.de?t/, /d??læp.?.de?t/

Verb

dilapidate (third-person singular simple present dilapidates, present participle dilapidating, simple past and past participle dilapidated)

1. To fall into ruin or disuse.
2. (transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.

   • If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony […]

   • 1883, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist, chapter VI

     In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To squander or waste.
   • 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses

     The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.

Related terms

• lapidate

Translations

Italian

Verb

dilapidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dilapidare
2. second-person plural imperative of dilapidare
3. feminine plural of dilapidato