crumble
/ˈkrʌmbl/verb
उच्चारण क्रम्बल
चूर-चूर होना या करना, भुरभुराना
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[I, T] ~ (sth) (up)
to break, or to make something break, into very small pieces
चूर-चूर होना या करना, भुरभुराना
- The old walls of the fort are crumbling.
- Crumble the bread for the birds.
- The cake crumbled when I cut it.
+ 2 more examples
- The cliff began to crumble after heavy rain.
- Crumble the biscuit into the bowl.
Synonyms disintegrate break up fall apart decay fragment
Opposite build strengthen solidify
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[I] ~ (away)
to begin to fail or come to an end
धीरे-धीरे खत्म होना, ढहना
- Her hopes crumbled when the result was announced.
- the crumbling Mughal empire
- The team's resistance crumbled in the final hour.
+ 2 more examples
- His confidence crumbled after the first mistake.
- Their friendship began to crumble.
Synonyms collapse decline decay fall disintegrate
Opposite flourish strengthen grow
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
crumble (away / to pieces / into dust)
Crumble away shows slow loss of pieces; into dust or to pieces shows the final state.
'Crumble away' धीरे-धीरे टुकड़े झड़ने को दिखाता है; 'into dust' या 'to pieces' अंतिम अवस्था को।
- The old wall began to crumble away after the rains.
- The dry leaf crumbled into dust in his hand.
crumble (of plans / hopes / power)
In a figurative sense, crumble means to fail slowly, like an empire, a defence or a hope.
आलंकारिक अर्थ में 'crumble' का अर्थ धीरे-धीरे विफल होना है, जैसे साम्राज्य, रक्षा या आशा।
- Their hopes crumbled when the results came.
- The empire slowly crumbled.
crumble sth (transitive)
As a transitive verb, crumble means to break something into small pieces with the fingers.
सकर्मक क्रिया के रूप में 'crumble' का अर्थ उँगलियों से किसी चीज़ को छोटे टुकड़ों में तोड़ना है।
- Crumble the paneer over the salad.
crumble (noun) = a baked pudding
In British cooking, a crumble is a baked dessert with a topping of flour, butter and sugar, like an apple crumble.
ब्रिटिश पाक-शैली में crumble आटा, मक्खन और चीनी की परत वाली बेक की हुई मिठाई है, जैसे apple crumble।
- We had apple crumble with custard for dessert.
+Collocations 4
adverb + crumble
slowlyeasilygraduallyquicklycompletely
- The old fort wall crumbled slowly over centuries.
crumble + noun (subject)
wallbiscuitempirehopesresistance
- The enemy's resistance began to crumble.
crumble + preposition
into piecesinto dustawayunder pressureto bits
- The soft rock crumbled under his hand.
crumbling + noun
wallruinsplastereconomybridge
- The crumbling plaster fell from the ceiling.
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- The old temple's carved stones are crumbling with age.
पुराने मंदिर के नक्काशीदार पत्थर पुरानेपन से झड़ रहे हैं।
- The biscuit crumbled in Radhika's hand when she picked it up.
जब राधिका ने बिस्कुट उठाया तो वह उसके हाथ में चूर-चूर हो गया।
- The Mughal power began to crumble after Aurangzeb.
औरंगज़ेब के बाद मुग़ल सत्ता बिखरने लगी।
- The company crumbled under the weight of its debts.
कंपनी अपने कर्ज़ के बोझ तले बिखर गई।
- He crumbled the dry chillies into the curry.
उसने सूखी मिर्चें मसलकर सब्ज़ी में डालीं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The wall was crumbled by itself.
✓ The wall crumbled by itself.
In this sense crumble is intransitive and not used in the passive.
इस अर्थ में 'crumble' अकर्मक है और इसका passive नहीं बनता।
✗ The house crumbles down yesterday.
✓ The house crumbled down yesterday.
A past time word needs the past tense crumbled.
भूतकाल सूचक शब्द के साथ past tense 'crumbled' चाहिए।
✗ The old bridge crumbled in dust.
✓ The old bridge crumbled into dust.
Change of state takes into, not in.
अवस्था में परिवर्तन के लिए 'into' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Crumble, collapse and disintegrate are all kinds of breaking down, but differ in speed and manner.
Crumble, collapse और disintegrate टूटने के प्रकार हैं, पर गति और ढंग में अंतर है।
To break into small pieces, usually slowly.
प्रायः धीरे-धीरे छोटे टुकड़ों में टूटना।
- The old wall crumbled.
To break into many parts so that the whole is lost.
कई भागों में टूटना ताकि पूर्ण रूप नष्ट हो जाए।
- The rocket disintegrated in the air.
¶Idioms 1
that's the way the cookie crumbles
that is the situation and we cannot change it
यही होना था, किस्मत यही है
- We missed the cut-off by one mark; that's the way the cookie crumbles.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
crum·ble
With -mble (like tremble and humble; not 'crumbel'); the noun crumb (a tiny piece of bread) has a silent b.
अंत में -mble (tremble और humble की तरह; 'crumbel' गलत है); noun crumb (रोटी का छोटा टुकड़ा) में silent b है।
?Which word?
Keep the decay words together: crumble (into pieces), disintegrate (break apart), decay (rot), dilapidated (of buildings, falling to pieces), dwindle (become smaller).
क्षय के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: crumble (टुकड़ों में), disintegrate (बिखरना), decay (सड़ना), dilapidated (इमारतें, टूटती हुई), dwindle (घटते जाना)।