Crumbling - English meaning

Crumbling – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Usage examples:
Their crumbling ancestral home

verb
Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Usage examples:
The plaster started to crumble
Synonims:
Disintegrate Fall down Fall to pieces Fall apart Collapse Break down/up Tumble down Fragment Decay Fall into decay Deteriorate Degenerate Go to rack and ruin Decompose Rot Rot away Come apart

Crumbling translation into English

Crumbling: translate from English into Chinese

摇摇欲坠

Crumbling: translate from English into Dutch

Afbrokkelend, Brokkelig

Crumbling: translate from English into French

Effritement, Éboulement

Crumbling: translate from English into German

Bröckelt, Zerfallen, Brüchig, Mürbe, Bröckelig

Crumbling: translate from English into Hindi

ढहती

Crumbling: translate from English into Italian

Sgretolando, Cadente, Diroccato

Crumbling: translate from English into Korean

무너지는

Crumbling: translate from English into Russian

Рушится

Crumbling: translate from English into Spanish

Desmoronándose

Word origin

late Middle English: probably from an Old English word related to crumb.

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Crumbling – similar words

crumbles

verb
Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Usage examples:
The plaster started to crumble

noun
A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.
Usage examples:
Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb
To break into small pieces
Usage examples:
[ i ] that old wall is starting to crumble.

Crumbles - all meanings in English

crumbled

verb
Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Usage examples:
The plaster started to crumble

noun
A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.
Usage examples:
Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb
Past simple and past participle of crumble
Usage examples:
She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers., the cliffs on which the houses are built are…

Crumbled - all meanings in English

crumble

verb
Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Usage examples:
The plaster started to crumble

noun
A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.
Usage examples:
Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb
To break into small pieces
Usage examples:
[ i ] that old wall is starting to crumble.

Crumble - all meanings in English

Crumbling synonims

come apart

phrasal verb
Become separated into pieces or fragments

phrasal verb
To separate into pieces
Usage examples:
The windows come apart for easy cleaning., the global economy is showing signs of coming apart., hi…

Come apart - all meanings in English

decay

verb
(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.
Usage examples:
The body had begun to decay

noun
The state or process of rotting or decomposition.
Usage examples:
Hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood

noun
Damage, or a state that becomes gradually worse
Usage examples:
The dentist says i have a lot of tooth decay., there’s still too much crime, poverty, and decay in …

Decay - all meanings in English

decompose

verb
(with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay.
Usage examples:
The body had begun to decompose

verb
To destroy something by breaking it into smaller parts
Usage examples:
[ i ] certain kinds of plastic decompose quickly.

Decompose - all meanings in English

degenerate

adjective
Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.
Usage examples:
A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun
An immoral or corrupt person.
Usage examples:
Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb
Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.
Usage examples:
The quality of life had degenerated

Degenerate - all meanings in English

deteriorate

verb
Become progressively worse.
Usage examples:
Relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply

verb
To become worse
Usage examples:
She went into the hospital when her condition began to deteriorate., a deterioration in relations b…

verb
To become worse
Usage examples:
If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will affect the firm's future performance., sales will …

Deteriorate - all meanings in English

disintegrate

verb
Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay.
Usage examples:
Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet

verb
To become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces
Usage examples:
The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.

Disintegrate - all meanings in English

fall down

phrasal verb
Lose an upright position suddenly

phrasal verb
To fall to the ground
Usage examples:
Our apple tree fell down in the storm., he stumbled and fell down., many buildings in the old part …

phrasal verb
If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition and there is a risk that it will break into pieces and drop to the ground
Usage examples:
Many buildings in the old part of the city are falling down.

Fall down - all meanings in English

fragment

noun
A small part broken off or separated from something.
Usage examples:
Small fragments of pottery

verb
Break or cause to break into fragments.
Usage examples:
Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun
A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something
Usage examples:
A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

Fragment - all meanings in English

rot

verb
(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.
Usage examples:
The chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away

noun
The process of decaying.
Usage examples:
The leaves were turning black with rot

verb
To decay, or to cause something to decay or weaken
Usage examples:
[ i ] the fallen apples rotted on the ground., [ t ] dampness rotted the old wood., rot weakened th…

Rot - all meanings in English

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