crumble

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive, often) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.
3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

Noun

A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

Conceitos

desmoronar

despedaçar

amarrotar

amarfanhar

esfarelar-se

desfazer-se

amassar

esmigalhar

fragmentar

cair aos pedaços

decair

Sinônimos

collapse

crush

break up

disintegrate

decay

fall

fall apart

break

chop up

grind

crumple

go to pieces

granulate

molder

slice

powder

slice up

tumble down

cause to crumble

be friable

pound

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granulize

rub

mill

cave in

fall to pieces

shatter

shred

break down

destroy

spread

hash

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dilapidate

tumble

fall in

break apart

break into pieces

moulder

erode

soaked

soften

stamp

step on

strike

subside

be eroded

crumble away

draw to an end

go to rack and ruin

press together

Traduções

émietter

zerbröckeln

effriter

desmoronarse

zerkrümeln

desmenuzar

desmigajar

krümeln

sgretolarsi

casser

afbrokkelen

desmigajarse

s’émietter

s’effondrer

sbriciolare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɹʌmbəl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: *crymblen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: *crymlan

Cognato com holandês: kruimelen

Cognato com alemão: Krümel

Cognato com alemão: Krume

Cognato com alemão: krümeln

In summary

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.