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crumb

 (krŭm)
n.
1. A very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread.
2. A small fragment, scrap, or portion: eraser crumbs; not a crumb of kindness for you.
3. The soft inner portion of bread.
4. Slang A contemptible, untrustworthy, or loathsome person.
v. crumbed, crumb·ing, crumbs
v.tr.
1. To break into very small pieces; crumble.
2. To cover or prepare with very small pieces of bread.
3. To brush (a table or cloth) clear of small scraps or fragments of food.
v.intr.
To break apart in very small pieces: a solid cake that won't crumb.

[Middle English crome, from Old English cruma.]
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crumb

(krʌm)
n
1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods
2. a small piece or bit: crumbs of information.
3. (Cookery) the soft inner part of bread
4. slang a contemptible person
vb
5. (Cookery) (tr) to prepare or cover (food) with breadcrumbs
6. to break into small fragments
adj
7. (esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc
8. (Cookery) (esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc
[Old English cruma; related to Middle Dutch krome, Middle High German krūme, Latin grūmus heap of earth]
ˈcrumber n
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crumb

(krʌm)

n.
1. a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
2. a fragment of anything; bit.
3. the soft inner portion of bread (disting. from crust).
4. crumbs, a cake topping made of sugar, flour, butter, and spice.
5. Slang. a contemptible person.
v.t.
6. (in cooking) to top, coat, or prepare with crumbs.
7. to break into crumbs.
8. to remove crumbs from.
[before 1000; Old English cruma; akin to Middle High German krume crumb]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

crumb

- The soft inner part of a bread roll, slice, or loaf.
See also related terms for loaf.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

crumb


Past participle: crumbed
Gerund: crumbing

Imperative
crumb
crumb
Present
I crumb
you crumb
he/she/it crumbs
we crumb
you crumb
they crumb
Preterite
I crumbed
you crumbed
he/she/it crumbed
we crumbed
you crumbed
they crumbed
Present Continuous
I am crumbing
you are crumbing
he/she/it is crumbing
we are crumbing
you are crumbing
they are crumbing
Present Perfect
I have crumbed
you have crumbed
he/she/it has crumbed
we have crumbed
you have crumbed
they have crumbed
Past Continuous
I was crumbing
you were crumbing
he/she/it was crumbing
we were crumbing
you were crumbing
they were crumbing
Past Perfect
I had crumbed
you had crumbed
he/she/it had crumbed
we had crumbed
you had crumbed
they had crumbed
Future
I will crumb
you will crumb
he/she/it will crumb
we will crumb
you will crumb
they will crumb
Future Perfect
I will have crumbed
you will have crumbed
he/she/it will have crumbed
we will have crumbed
you will have crumbed
they will have crumbed
Future Continuous
I will be crumbing
you will be crumbing
he/she/it will be crumbing
we will be crumbing
you will be crumbing
they will be crumbing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crumbing
you have been crumbing
he/she/it has been crumbing
we have been crumbing
you have been crumbing
they have been crumbing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crumbing
you will have been crumbing
he/she/it will have been crumbing
we will have been crumbing
you will have been crumbing
they will have been crumbing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crumbing
you had been crumbing
he/she/it had been crumbing
we had been crumbing
you had been crumbing
they had been crumbing
Conditional
I would crumb
you would crumb
he/she/it would crumb
we would crumb
you would crumb
they would crumb
Past Conditional
I would have crumbed
you would have crumbed
he/she/it would have crumbed
we would have crumbed
you would have crumbed
they would have crumbed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.crumb - a very small quantity of somethingcrumb - a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
2.crumb - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptiblecrumb - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
3.crumb - small piece of e.g. bread or cake
bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
baked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
breadcrumb - crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
cracker crumbs - crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening
Verb1.crumb - coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"
2.crumb - break into crumbs
fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
3.crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

crumb

noun
1. bit, grain, particle, fragment, shred, speck, sliver, morsel I stood up, brushing crumbs from my trousers.
2. morsel, scrap, atom, shred, mite, snippet, sliver, soupçon (French) There is one crumb of comfort - at least we've still got each other.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

crumb

noun
1. A small portion of food:
Informal: bite.
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Translations
فُتَاتفُتات خُبْز
mica
drobek
krumme
murunensisusleivittää
mrvica
morzsa
mylsna
かけらパン粉
부스러기
trupinys
drupata
omrvinka
drobtina
smula
เศษเล็กเศษน้อย
vụn bánh mì

crumb

[krʌm] N
1. [of bread, cake etc] → miga f
to live off or on the crumbs from sb's tablevivir de las migajas de algn
2. (fig) (= small piece) → migaja f
a crumb of comfortalgo de consuelo
crumbs of knowledge/informationfragmentos mpl de conocimiento/información
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crumb

[ˈkrʌm] n
[bread] → miette f; [cake, cheese] → miette f
[affection, hope] → brin m
a crumb of comfort → un maigre réconfort
a crumb of consolation → une maigre consolation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crumb

n
(of bread etc)Krümel m, → Krume f, → Brösel m; (inside of loaf) → Krume f; can you spare a crumb?haben Sie eine Scheibe Brot für einen hungrigen Menschen?; crumbs from the rich man’s/master’s tableBrosamen, die von des Reichen/des Herren Tisch fallen; a few crumbs of informationein paar Informationsbrocken; that’s one crumb of comfortdas ist (wenigstens) ein winziger Trost
(inf) (= fool)Depp m (inf); (= brute)Lump m (inf)
interj crumbs! (inf)Mensch! (inf), → Mensch Meier! (inf)
vt (Cook) fish etcpanieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crumb

[krʌm] n (of bread, cake) → briciola; (inner part of bread) → mollica
a crumb of comfort (fig) → un briciolo di conforto
crumbs of information → ben poche informazioni
crumbs! (fam) → accidenti!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crumb

(kram) noun
a tiny piece, especially of bread. She puts crumbs for the birds on her window-sill.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

crumb

فُتَات drobek krumme Krümel ψίχουλο miga murunen miette mrvica briciola パン粉 부스러기 kruimel smule okruszyna migalha крошка smula เศษเล็กเศษน้อย ekmek kırıntısı vụn bánh mì 碎屑
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References in classic literature ?
And, instead of trying the other dishes, all she did was to put every now and then a crumb, of bread into her mouth, that would not have made a meal for a sparrow.
The interior looked like a white pasty, a sort of soft crumb, the flavour of which was like that of an artichoke.
You will live long, if you act like the miser who, bit by bit, crumb by crumb, collects and heaps up diamonds and gold.
I don't wish to bribe you, but I'll give you my heartiest kiss, and promise to eat every crumb of the loaf myself."
"That?" returned Silver, smiling away, but warier than ever, his eye a mere pin-point in his big face, but gleaming like a crumb of glass.
The children got to know his figure, and the sparrows expected their daily scattering of bread- crumbs. No doubt, since he often gave a copper and almost always a handful of bread, he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself.
"Answer in God's name, Sancho my friend," said Don Quixote, "for I am not fit to give crumbs to a cat, my wits are so confused and upset."
Billina had quietly walked around and picked up the crumbs of cake which had been scattered, and now, as it was long after bed-time, she tried to find some dark place in which to go to sleep.
The girl ran into the house to get some crumbs of bread, cold potatoes, and other such scraps as were suitable to the accommodating appetite of fowls.
She was most economical, and when she ate she would gather up crumbs with the tip of her finger, so that nothing should be wasted of the loaf of bread weighing twelve pounds which was baked especially for her and lasted three weeks.
A few stray white bread crumbs lay on the cleanly washed floor by the table; putting the lamp upon a low stool he began to pick up the crumbs, carrying them to his mouth one by one with unbe- lievable rapidity.
`They have their tails in their mouths--and they're all over crumbs.'