Thesaurus: crumb

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1. n. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
2. n. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
3. n. The soft part of bread.
4. v. t. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread.
5. n. a very small quantity of something
6. n. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
7. n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake
8. v. coat with bread crumbs
9. v. break into crumbs
10. v. remove crumbs from
11. 1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21. 2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. 3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song. Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. -- To a crum, with great exactness; completely. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]
12. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, tocrumb bread. [Written also crum.]