Definitions for: Crumb


[n] small piece of e.g. bread or cake
[n] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"
[v] remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
[v] break into crumbs
[v] coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"



Webster (1913) Definition: Crumb (kr[u^]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G.
krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also
crum.]
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.


Crumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed (kr?md); p. pr. &
vb. n. Crumbing (kr?m"?ng).]
To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to
crumb bread. [Written also crum.]

Synonyms: bum, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot

See Also: baked good, bit, bite, breadcrumb, break up, coat, cracker crumbs, disagreeable person, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, morsel, remove, surface, take, take away, unpleasant person, withdraw

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