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decrumb

decrumb verb: to remove the crumbs from.

Verb

decrumb (third-person singular simple present decrumbs, present participle decrumbing, simple past and past participle decrumbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the crumbs from.
    • A couple of hours later I had the washing going, the children fed and dressed and the kitchen floor semi-decrumbed in a mad effort to come to terms with this rotten day, when the phone rang.1972, Twila Van Leer, Life is just a bowl of kumquats, page 71
    • I don't want my runner stopping off to decrumb a table or empty an ashtray.2001, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, page 230

Forms of decrumb

third-person singular presentdecrumbs
present participledecrumbing
past participledecrumbed
pastdecrumbed

Origin of decrumb

From de- + crumb.

Questions about decrumb

What does decrumb mean?
Decrumb means to remove the crumbs from.
What part of speech is decrumb?
Decrumb is a verb.
What is the past tense of decrumb?
The past tense of decrumb is decrumbed.

Words near decrumb in the dictionary

  1. decruit
  2. decruited
  3. decruiting
  4. decruitment
  5. decruits
  6. decrumb
  7. decrumbed
  8. decrumbing
  9. decrumbs
  10. decrunch
  11. decrunched

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