CRUMBLE


Meaning of CRUMBLE in English

(~s, crumbling, ~d)

1.

If something ~s, or if you ~ it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.

Under the pressure, the flint ~d into fragments...

Roughly ~ 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 ~ .

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 ~s, it comes to an end.

Their economy ~d under the weight of United Nations sanctions...

VERB: V

Crumble away means the same as ~ .

Opposition more or less ~d away.

PHRASAL VERB

4.

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

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

VERB: V

5.

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

...apple ~.

N-VAR: usu n N

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