āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
crumble
/kÉšËĘmbÉâl/
to crumble
01
āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϧā§āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
(of a building) to fall apart
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The earthquake caused the historic church to crumble, leaving behind a pile of rubble.
āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāϏā§āϤā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āϤā§āĻĒāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to break apart, turning into small pieces
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the old book was opened, its pages started to crumble into pieces.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϞā§, āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to become weak or begin to fail
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Under the pressure of the interview, his confidence started to crumble, and he stumbled over his words.
āϏāĻžāĻā§āώāĻžāϤā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something break up into smaller pieces
Transitive: to crumble sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef crumbled the cheese over the salad, adding a delicious texture.
āĻļā§āĻĢ āϏāĻžāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĒāύāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻāĻ āύ āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Crumble
01
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞ, āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĄā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ
a baked dessert consisting of fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, often served warm
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The berry crumble was the highlight of the dessert menu at the restaurant.
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