CRUMBLE


Meaning of CRUMBLE in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an empire crumbles (= loses power gradually )

The vast empire was beginning to crumble.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

away

It was all crumbling away in front of him.

The rafters were green and the floorboards had crumbled away like old green bread.

And where the old gargoyles are now crumbling away , attempts are being made to replace them, expensive though this is.

The old Lombard aristocracy was gradually crumbling away except in the far north and the distant south.

I thought it would crumble away .

He took it slowly in four-wheel drive, the road much narrower here, the outer edge of it crumbling away .

Our genes may be immortal but the collection of genes that is any one of us is bound to crumble away .

But the building is gradually crumbling away , and the local council says it's powerless to do anything about it.

■ NOUN

wall

The wall was crumbling and there were great gaps in it.

When the wallpaper was steamed off, some of the walls crumbled .

It was true - walls were crumbling and she had better make sure that new ones were not built.

Some had no floor tiles and their walls were crumbling .

■ VERB

begin

Its support began to crumble alarmingly even in its own working-class strongholds.

The edifice of pride and power begins to crumble .

If they switch off and the closed-circuit figures drop, the present heady economics of it all begin to crumble .

This was not an inaccurate perception as the walls of segregation began to crumble after the war.

Now the barriers they had sought to erect between philosophy and science began to crumble .

Once that information began to spread into the community the opposition began to crumble .

If not, it will begin to crumble anyway.

When an academic approach is used the theory begins to crumble .

start

But Gore's meticulous planning was starting to crumble .

Construction quickly starts crumbling and coming apart.

Paper will start to peel from the wall, and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

that's the way the cookie crumbles

"Sorry you didn't get the job, Mike." "Yeah, thanks. I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles."

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Crumble the bacon and set aside.

Beat the eggs, crumble the cheese, and mix together.

Briggs resolve crumbled and he reached for the whisky bottle.

His circle of advisers and associates is crumbling along with his empire.

Mrs. Suggs crumbled the bread into hot milk.

Rangoon's old buildings are crumbling from neglect.

Some of the tiles are crumbling around the edges.

The autumn leaves crumbled in my fingers.

The rubber seal is crumbling and will need to be replaced.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's army crumbled, he was toppled, and Kabila was installed in his place.

It was all crumbling away in front of him.

Its sister mission in Tumacacori was built of adobe and has crumbled under the weight of the years.

The old stonework was crumbling and eroded and badly in need of repair.

They generally crumble after the first flight, leaving the fans only handfuls of tortilla shrapnel for the throwing.

When donned, it crumbles to dust, but it confers the skills Charm, Mime, Mimic and Seduction.permanently.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And if he has the nerve, apple crumble with custard.

Muriel kept a flow of small talk steadily through tomato soup, liver casserole and apple crumble .

You can also use them in crumbles or tarts, cake and bread mixtures.

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