crumble

[crum·ble]

To crumble is to come apart into tiny pieces. If the doughnuts you bring to work crumble before you get there, you co workers will have nothing but crumbs to snack on.

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

Verb
fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

Verb
break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

Verb
fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"


v. t.
To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

v. i.
To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.


Crumble

Crum"ble (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumbling (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. krmeln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews.

Crumble

Crum"ble, v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel.
The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces.

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.

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Usage Examples

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.

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