crumb
noun
1. a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
Definition categories: quantity
2. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Similar word(s): bum, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot
Definition categories: person
3. small piece of e.g. bread or cake
Definition categories: food, bit, bite, morsel
Sentences with crumb as a noun:
- The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
- a crumb of comfort
verb
1. coat with bread crumbs
- crumb a cutlet
Definition categories: contact, coat, surface
2. break into crumbs
Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
3. remove crumbs from
- crumb the table
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
Sentences with crumb as a verb:
- to crumb bread