crumble

«crumble» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to break into small pieces — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (crumble, crumbles, crumbled, crumbling); noun (a crumble, crumbles)

meaning for a pupil

1) To crumble is to break into small pieces. tree →

2) To crumble something is to break it into small pieces with your fingers. tree →

3) A crumble is a baked pudding of fruit covered with a crumbly mix of flour, butter and sugar. tree →

4) To crumble can mean to slowly fall apart or fail. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah the earth itself breaks into pieces. Interpretation: It is read as part of a vision of the end of days, when God's judgment shakes the world. In the primary lessons: In cooking lessons pupils rub flour and butter into crumbs to make an apple or rhubarb crumble. In science weathering makes rocks crumble over time; dry soil crumbles. In stories old castle walls crumble. Phrases: apple crumble, crumble into pieces, crumbling walls, that's the way the cookie crumbles (that's life).

examples

• The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth; (Prophets ISA.24.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• The dry biscuit crumbled in my hand. tree →
• Crumble the cheese over the salad. tree →
• We made apple crumble with custard. tree →
• The old castle walls are crumbling. tree →
• Frost and rain make rocks crumble. tree →
• Crumble the bread for the ducks. tree →
• His sandcastle crumbled when the wave came. tree →
• 'Crumble those three loaves for the ants,' he said. tree →

note

Regular verb (crumbled). The noun «crumble» (pudding) is mainly British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand; in the USA a similar dish is called a «crisp» or «cobbler». Small pieces are «crumbs»; «crumbly» describes food that crumbles easily.

In the corpora

• The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;
• And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
• Cliff edges can crumble without warning.
• Stay well back from cliff edges and behind any fence, because edges can crumble.
• Stay back from river banks, especially after rain, because they can be slippery or crumble.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crumble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.