crumble
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
fall apart
the building crumbled after the explosion
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Sense 2 verb
break or fall apart into fragments
The cookies crumbled
Types & categories
- disintegrate hypernym
Sense 3 verb
fall into decay or ruin
The unoccupied house started to decay
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disintegrate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decadent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deteriorate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rust |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | weather |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | erode |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wilt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wear out |