Meaning of CRUMB
Pronunciation: | | krum
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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"
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| Synonyms: | | bum, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| 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 | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.]
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Computing Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Two binary digits; a quad. Larger than a bit, smaller than a nibble. Considered silly. Synonym tayste. |
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