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crumble
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)
- (intransitive, often figuratively) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
- The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs.
- We crumbled some bread into the water.
- (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)
- 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)
- (France) crumble (dessert)
Spanish
Noun
crumble m (plural crumbles)
- crumble
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drumble
English
Etymology
See drumly.
Verb
drumble (third-person singular simple present drumbles, present participle drumbling, simple past and past participle drumbled)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be confused.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To mumble in speaking.
- (obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.
Synonyms
- (to be sluggish): see Thesaurus:loiter
Derived terms
- drumbler
Anagrams
- rumbled
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