crumble
crum
ˈkrəm
krēm
ble
bəl
bēl
/kɹˈʌmbə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crumble"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of a building) to fall apart
Intransitive
to crumble definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The earthquake caused the historic church to crumble, leaving behind a pile of rubble.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒāĨ¤
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āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to break apart, turning into small pieces
Intransitive
to crumble definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the old book was opened, its pages started to crumble into pieces.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become weak or begin to fail
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Under the pressure of the interview, his confidence started to crumble, and he stumbled over his words.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something break up into smaller pieces
Transitive: to crumble sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef crumbled the cheese over the salad, adding a delicious texture.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϏāĻžāϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒāύāĻŋāϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞ, āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĄā§‡āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ

a baked dessert consisting of fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, often served warm
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crumble definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The berry crumble was the highlight of the dessert menu at the restaurant.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϰ āĻĄā§‡āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧁āϰ āĻšāĻžāχāϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞāĨ¤
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