CRUMBLE


Meaning of CRUMBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ krʌmb(ə)l ]

( crumbles, crumbling, crumbled)

1.

If something crumbles , or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.

Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...

Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.

VERB : V , V n

2.

If an old building or piece of land is crumbling , parts of it keep breaking off.

The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...

The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.

= disintegrate

VERB : V , V prep / adv

Crumble away means the same as crumble .

Britain’s coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

3.

If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles , it comes to an end.

Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...

VERB : V

Crumble away means the same as crumble .

Opposition more or less crumbled away.

PHRASAL VERB

4.

If someone crumbles , they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.

He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn’t likely to crumble under pressure.

VERB : V

5.

A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar. ( BRIT )

...apple crumble.

N-VAR : usu n N

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