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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
crumbling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/
- /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/
Meanings
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That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.
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(figuratively) In a state of decline.
A rain of dust fell from the crumbling ceiling.
Translations (2)
eo disfalanta (in a state of decline) · eo diseriĝanta (that crumbles, breaks into small pieces)
crumbling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/
- /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/
Meanings
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Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time[…]
1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:
Forms
Synonyms
scrap · lump · bit · crumbling · piece · snippet · fragment · snead · cutting · ort · chip · steck · portion · scraplet · slice · crumb · hunk · tranche · fleak · fragment · flake · chip · chunk · clip · piecemeal · mammock
crumbling en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/
- /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of crumble