crumb as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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crumb
noun
1 crumb
A very small quantity of something.
Roget 330:
powderiness†
[State of powder.],
pulverulence†;
sandiness
etc.
adj.;
efflorescence;
friability.
powder,
dust,
sand,
shingle;
sawdust;
grit;
meal,
bran,
flour,
farina,
rice,
paddy,
spore,
sporule†;
crumb,
seed,
grain;
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
limature†,
filings,
debris,
detritus,
tailings,
talus slope,
scobs†,
magistery†,
fine powder;
flocculi [Lat.].
smoke;
cloud of dust,
cloud of sand,
cloud of smoke;
puff of smoke,
volume of smoke;
sand storm,
dust storm.
[Reduction to powder]
pulverization,
comminution†,
attenuation,
granulation,
disintegration,
subaction†,
contusion,
trituration [Chem],
levigation†,
abrasion,
detrition,
multure†;
limitation;
tripsis†;
filing
etc.
v..
[Instruments for pulverization]
mill,
arrastra†,
gristmill,
grater,
rasp,
file,
mortar and pestle,
nutmeg grater,
teeth,
grinder,
grindstone,
kern†,
quern†,
koniology†.
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Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Dutch: kruimel, kruim
Polish: kruszyna, okruch, okruszyna, okruszynka
2 crumb
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
synonyms: bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot ... show more.
Dutch: snertvent, rioolrat, stinker, bietser, boef, booswicht, element, galgeaas, galgebrok, galgenaas, gannef, goorlap, klaploper, kwaaddoener, schurk, slechterik, smeerkees, smeerpoets, snoodaard, spitsboef, taddik, toddik, uitvreter, viespeuk, viezerik, vuilik, vuilpeuk, vuilpoes, zwijnjak ... show more
3 crumb
Small piece of e.g. bread or cake.
Dutch: broodkruim, broodkruimel, kruim, kruimel, morzel
verb
1 crumb
2 crumb
3 crumb
Moby thesaurus: abrade, air pollution, atom, atomize, attritus, beat, besprinkle, bit, bite, bran, bray, bread, brecciate, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, comminute, contriturate, cosmic dust, crumble, crush, cut, cutting, disintegrate, dollop, dot, dram, dredge, drop, droplet, dust, dust ball, efflorescence, end, fallout, farina, filings, fleck, flour, flyspeck, fragment, gnat, gob, gobbet, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, grits, groats, hunk, iota, jot, kittens, levigate, lint, lota, lump, mash, meal, microbe, microorganism, midge, mill, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, ounce, paring, particle, patch, pepper, pestle, piece, pinhead, pinpoint, point, pound, powder, pulverize, pussies, rasher, raspings, reduce to powder, sawdust, scintilla, scoop, scrap, scrunch, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smash, smidgen, smithereen, smut, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soot, spatter, speck, speckle, splatter, splinter, spot, sprinkle, squash, stitch, stud, stump, tag, tatter, tittle, triturate, vanishing point ... show more.
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