crumb

crumb

C0776100 (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.

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[Middle English crome, from Old English cruma.]

crumb

(krʌm) n1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods2. a small piece or bit: crumbs of information. 3. (Cookery) the soft inner part of bread4. slang a contemptible personvb5. (Cookery) (tr) to prepare or cover (food) with breadcrumbs6. to break into small fragmentsadj7. (esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc8. (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

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]

crumb

- The soft inner part of a bread roll, slice, or loaf.See also related terms for loaf.

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crumb - 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 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'"bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, ratdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	3.	crumb - small piece of e.g. bread or cakebite, 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 ovenbreadcrumb - crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickeningcracker crumbs - crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening
Verb	1.	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 crumbsfragment, 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"

crumb

noun1. 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.

crumb

noun1. A small portion of food:bit, morsel, mouthful, piece.Informal: bite.2. A tiny amount:bit, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.Chiefly British: spot.

Translations

碎屑面包屑

crumb

(kram) noun a tiny piece, especially of bread. She puts crumbs for the birds on her window-sill. 麵包屑 面包屑

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