crumble

crumble
1. transitive verb
zerbröckeln [Brot]; zerkrümeln [Keks, Kuchen]
2. intransitive verb
[Brot, Kuchen:] krümeln; [Gestein:] [zer]bröckeln; [Mauer:] zusammenfallen
3. noun
(Cookery) mit Streuseln bestreutes und überbackenes [Apfel-, Rhabarber- usw.]dessert
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verb
(to break into crumbs or small pieces: She crumbled the bread; The building had crumbled into ruins; Her hopes of success finally crumbled.) zerkrümeln
- academic.ru/17562/crumbly">crumbly
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crum·ble
[ˈkrʌmbl̩]
I. vt
▪ to \crumble sth etw zerkrümeln [o zerbröseln]; (break into bits) etw zerbröckeln
II. vi
1. (disintegrate) zerbröckeln, zerbröseln
crumbling plaster brüchiger Gips
2. (fig) empire zerfallen; opposition [allmählich] zerbrechen; resistance schwinden; support abbröckeln, allmählich abnehmen
III. n BRIT mit Streuseln überbackenes Kompott
apple/peach \crumble Apfel-/Pfirsichauflauf m
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['krʌmbl]
1. vt
zerkrümeln, zerbröckeln

to crumble sth into/onto sth — etw in/auf etw (acc) krümeln or bröckeln

2. vi
(brick, earth) bröckeln; (bread, cake etc) krümeln; (also crumble away) (earth, building) zerbröckeln; (fig) (resistance, opposition) sich auflösen, schmelzen; (hopes) schwinden; (plans) ins Wanken geraten
3. n (Brit COOK)
Obst nt mit Streusel; (= topping) Streusel pl

apple/rhubarb crumble — mit Streuseln bestreutes, überbackenes Apfel-/Rhabarberdessert

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crumble [ˈkrʌmbl]
A v/t zerkrümeln, -bröckeln
B v/i
1. auch crumble away zerbröckeln, -fallen
2. fig
a) zerfallen, zugrunde gehen:
crumble to dust (oder nothing) sich in nichts auflösen
b) auseinanderbröckeln (Verteidigung etc), abköckeln (Streik etc)
3. WIRTSCH abköckeln (Kurse)
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1. transitive verb
zerbröckeln [Brot]; zerkrümeln [Keks, Kuchen]
2. intransitive verb
[Brot, Kuchen:] krümeln; [Gestein:] [zer]bröckeln; [Mauer:] zusammenfallen
3. noun
(Cookery) mit Streuseln bestreutes und überbackenes [Apfel-, Rhabarber- usw.]dessert
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v.
krümeln v.
zerbröckeln v.

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