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
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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