crumb
To cover with crumbsTo cover with crumbs.
» Why are there crumbs everywhere?
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To cover with crumbs.
panieren
кроши́тьkrošítʹ
remove crumbs from
(transitive)To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
to crumb bread
break into crumbs
Examples
70 sentencesWhy are there crumbs everywhere?
The fish swam up for crumbs.
deDer Fisch schwam nach Brotbröseln. — Esperantostern
The birds ate the bread crumbs.
The pigeons were pecking at crumbs.
Ziri left crumbs behind after breakfast.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragmentFrom Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, and first appeared in the mid-15th century, influenced by crumble and words such as dumb, numb, and thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish in kråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
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Forms
crumbs, crumbing, crumbed, crumbedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle