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crumbling up

crumbling up is the present participle and gerund of crumble up.

Meaning of crumble up

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.

Questions about crumbling up

What is crumbling up the present participle and gerund of?
Crumbling up is the present participle and gerund of crumble up.

Words near crumbling up in the dictionary

  1. crumblike
  2. crumbliness
  3. crumbling
  4. crumbling skull rule
  5. crumbling skull rules
  6. crumbling up
  7. crumblingly
  8. crumblingness
  9. crumblings
  10. crumbly
  11. crumbs

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