- 1. n. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Source: opted
- 2. n. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. Source: opted
- 3. n. The soft part of bread. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. Source: opted
- 5. n. a very small quantity of something Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible Source: wordnet
- 7. n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake Source: wordnet
- 8. v. coat with bread crumbs Source: wordnet
- 9. v. break into crumbs Source: wordnet
- 10. v. remove crumbs from Source: wordnet
- 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.] Source: webster
- 12. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, tocrumb bread. [Written also crum.] Source: adambom
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