The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.
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Crumble
//ˈkɹʌmbəl//
Synonyms for "crumble" (174 found)
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12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ψάω verb (to fall apart)
Armenian
1 entries- բրդել verb (to render into crumbs)
Aromanian
1 entries- dinjic verb (to render into crumbs)
Bulgarian
4 entries- раздробявам се verb (to fall apart)
- разпадам се verb (to fall apart)
- роня verb (to render into crumbs)
- троша verb (to render into crumbs)
Catalan
3 entries- derrumbar-se verb (to fall apart)
- desmoronar-se verb (to fall apart)
- esmicolar-se (most common fer-se miques) verb (to fall apart)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 崩溃 verb (to fall apart)
- 碎裂 verb (to render into crumbs)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ufatmaq verb (to fall apart)
Czech
4 entries- drobit verb (to render into crumbs)
- drobit se verb (to fall apart)
- drolit verb (to render into crumbs)
- drolit se verb (to fall apart)
Danish
4 entries- forvitre verb (to fall apart)
- hensmuldre verb (to fall apart)
- smuldre verb (to fall apart)
- smuldre verb (to render into crumbs)
Dutch
4 entries- uit elkaar vallen verb (to fall apart)
- verbrokkelen verb (to fall apart)
- verkruimelen verb (to fall apart)
- verkruimelen verb (to render into crumbs)
Esperanto
4 entries- diserigi verb (to render into crumbs)
- diseriĝi verb (to fall apart)
- disfali verb (to fall apart)
- kolapsi verb (to fall apart)
Finnish
4 entries- murentaa verb (to render into crumbs)
- murentua verb (to fall apart)
- murentua verb (to render into crumbs)
- murtua verb (to fall apart)
French
4 entries- croustade noun (dessert)
- crumble noun (dessert)
- effriter verb (to render into crumbs)
- s'effondrer verb (to fall apart)
Galician
4 entries- derrafar verb (to render into crumbs)
- entrillar verb (to render into crumbs)
- esboroar verb (to fall apart)
- esfaragullar verb (to render into crumbs)
German
4 entries- Crumble noun (dessert)
- bröckeln verb (to fall apart)
- krümeln verb (to render into crumbs)
- zerbröckeln verb (to fall apart)
Hebrew
3 entries- התפורר verb (to fall apart)
- התפורר verb (to render into crumbs)
- התפרק verb (to fall apart)
Hungarian
4 entries- elmorzsol verb (to render into crumbs)
- foszlik verb (to fall apart)
- hull verb (to fall apart)
- morzsol verb (to render into crumbs)
Italian
4 entries- crollare verb (to fall apart)
- ridursi in polvere verb (to fall apart)
- sabbiare verb (to mix forming crumbs)
- sbriciolare verb (to render into crumbs)
Japanese
2 entries- 崩す verb (to render into crumbs)
- 崩れる verb (to fall apart)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្រុត verb (to fall apart)
Latin
1 entries- friō verb (to render into crumbs)
Low German
3 entries- utenannerfallen verb (to fall apart)
- uteneenfallen verb (to fall apart)
- vuneenfallen verb (to fall apart)
Māori
3 entries- ngawhere verb (to fall apart)
- ngāhorohoro verb (to fall apart)
- tāorooro verb (to fall apart)
Nepali
1 entries- टुक्रिनु verb (to fall apart)
Norwegian
2 entries- falle i grus verb (to fall apart)
- smuldre verb (to render into crumbs)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پارچهلانمق verb (to fall apart)
Polish
2 entries- kruszyć verb (to fall apart)
- pokruszyć verb (to fall apart)
Portuguese
3 entries- desmoronar verb (to fall apart)
- despedaçar verb (to render into crumbs)
- esfarelar verb (to render into crumbs)
Romanian
1 entries- dumica verb (to render into crumbs)
Russian
4 entries- кроши́ть verb (to render into crumbs)
- кроши́ться verb (to fall apart)
- раскроши́ть verb (to render into crumbs)
- раскроши́ться verb (to fall apart)
Spanish
4 entries- crumble noun (dessert)
- desmenuzar verb (to render into crumbs)
- desmenuzarse verb (to fall apart)
- desmigajar verb (to render into crumbs)
Swedish
2 entries- crumble noun (dessert)
- smulpaj noun (dessert)
Ukrainian
4 entries- криши́ти verb (to render into crumbs)
- криши́тися verb (to fall apart)
- розкри́шувати verb (to render into crumbs)
- розкри́шуватися verb (to fall apart)
Volapük
2 entries- dädiledikön verb (to fall apart)
- dädiledükön verb (to render into crumbs)
Zazaki
3 entries- sirane noun (dessert)
- rocnayen verb (to render into crumbs)
- têvden verb (to mix forming crumbs)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Where did you crumble them?
Source: tatoeba (1882525)
What's the recipe for apple crumble?
Source: tatoeba (2759845)
This is not wishful thinking or a dream that may be set to crumble before our eyes.
Source: tatoeba (3445858)
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