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crumble up

crumble up verb: to make (something) into crumbs.

Verb

crumble up (third-person singular simple present crumbles up, present participle crumbling up, simple past and past participle crumbled up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make (something) into crumbs.

Forms of crumble up

third-person singular presentcrumbles up
present participlecrumbling up
past participlecrumbled up
pastcrumbled up

Questions about crumble up

What does crumble up mean?
Crumble up means to make (something) into crumbs.
What part of speech is crumble up?
Crumble up is a verb.
What is the past tense of crumble up?
The past tense of crumble up is crumbled up.

Words near crumble up in the dictionary

  1. crumbing
  2. crumbing down
  3. crumbing up
  4. crumblable
  5. crumble
  6. crumble up
  7. crumbled
  8. crumbled up
  9. crumblement
  10. crumbler
  11. crumblers

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