Crumb
noun
A tiny piece of bread, cake, or biscuit.
She brushed the crumbs off her shirt.
Often appears as...
- bread crumbs
- cake crumbs
noun
The tiny amount that is left of something.
He left not a crumb of food on his plate.
Often appears as...
- not a crumb
- every crumb
verb
To break or crush into crumbs.
She crumbed the stale bread for the stuffing.
Often appears as...
- crumbed bread
- crumbed cake
verb
To cover food with crumbs before cooking.
She crumbed the fish before frying.
Often appears as...
- crumbed fish
- crumbed chicken
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
A tiny piece of bread, cake, or biscuit.
She brushed the crumbs off her shirt.
Often appears as...
- bread crumbs
- cake crumbs
noun
The tiny amount that is left of something.
He left not a crumb of food on his plate.
Often appears as...
- not a crumb
- every crumb
verb
To break or crush into crumbs.
She crumbed the stale bread for the stuffing.
Often appears as...
- crumbed bread
- crumbed cake
verb
To cover food with crumbs before cooking.
She crumbed the fish before frying.
Often appears as...
- crumbed fish
- crumbed chicken
Usage tips
Culinary
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'crumb' to evoke a visual image of smallness and insignificance in various descriptions.
A single crumb lay forgotten on the vast dining table.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Speak about 'crumb' literally when referring to small pieces of food left behind.
She sighed at the crumbs scattering the toddler's highchair.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Sense
Use 'crumb' metaphorically to describe a tiny amount of something non-physical, like information.
They gave us just a few crumbs of what's really going on.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'crumb' to evoke a visual image of smallness and insignificance in various descriptions.
A single crumb lay forgotten on the vast dining table.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Speak about 'crumb' literally when referring to small pieces of food left behind.
She sighed at the crumbs scattering the toddler's highchair.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Sense
Use 'crumb' metaphorically to describe a tiny amount of something non-physical, like information.
They gave us just a few crumbs of what's really going on.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'crumb' to evoke a visual image of smallness and insignificance in various descriptions.
A single crumb lay forgotten on the vast dining table.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal Use
Speak about 'crumb' literally when referring to small pieces of food left behind.
She sighed at the crumbs scattering the toddler's highchair.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Sense
Use 'crumb' metaphorically to describe a tiny amount of something non-physical, like information.
They gave us just a few crumbs of what's really going on.
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Video examples
How the blockchain is...
and we leave this trail of digital crumbs behind us as we go throughout life. And these crumbs are collected into a mirror image of you, the virtual you. And the virtual you may know more about you than you do, because you can't remember what you bought a year ago, or said a year ago, or your exact location a year ago.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
and whatnot and they don't need me so maybe if they are nice they will throw some crumbs my way like universal basic income but it's it's much worse psychologically to feel that you are useless than to feel that you are exploited so talk about this because this is this is one of the key
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Why the pencil is...
apply glue to them And they figured out it was easier and less wasteful to do a hexagonal pencil, and so that became the standard. Since the early days of pencils, people have loved that they can be erased. Originally, it was bread crumbs
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How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
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Machine intelligence...
Currently, computational systems can infer all sorts of things about you from your digital crumbs, even if you have not disclosed those things. They can infer your sexual orientation, your personality traits,
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The myth of King Midas...
But he nearly shattered his teeth, for the fruit had turned to metal in his mouth. When he picked up a loaf of bread, the crumbs hardened in his hand. Flinging himself onto his bed in frustration,
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Cheetahs Play Football PIPE...
that is using this right let's play a bit a cheetah football what Oh crumbs I cannot have this in my hand then the cheater barely needs an introduction
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
My favorite being, "Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats will distract the female, but not the male." Thank you very much. Thanks!
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What's a Meerkat's...
of valiant failures this was a Eureka moment crumbs of boiled egg don't change the meerkats behavior in the wild but they
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Hitler's Death PIPE...
later said Oh Hitler is finally and having cake crumbs on his moustache he's trembling
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
and we leave this trail of digital crumbs behind us as we go throughout life. And these crumbs are collected into a mirror image of you, the virtual you. And the virtual you may know more about you than you do, because you can't remember what you bought a year ago, or said a year ago, or your exact location a year ago.
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
and whatnot and they don't need me so maybe if they are nice they will throw some crumbs my way like universal basic income but it's it's much worse psychologically to feel that you are useless than to feel that you are exploited so talk about this because this is this is one of the key
Video examples
Why the pencil is...
apply glue to them And they figured out it was easier and less wasteful to do a hexagonal pencil, and so that became the standard. Since the early days of pencils, people have loved that they can be erased. Originally, it was bread crumbs
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
Video examples
Machine intelligence...
Currently, computational systems can infer all sorts of things about you from your digital crumbs, even if you have not disclosed those things. They can infer your sexual orientation, your personality traits,
Video examples
The myth of King Midas...
But he nearly shattered his teeth, for the fruit had turned to metal in his mouth. When he picked up a loaf of bread, the crumbs hardened in his hand. Flinging himself onto his bed in frustration,
Video examples
Cheetahs Play Football PIPE...
that is using this right let's play a bit a cheetah football what Oh crumbs I cannot have this in my hand then the cheater barely needs an introduction
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
My favorite being, "Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats will distract the female, but not the male." Thank you very much. Thanks!
Video examples
What's a Meerkat's...
of valiant failures this was a Eureka moment crumbs of boiled egg don't change the meerkats behavior in the wild but they
Video examples
Hitler's Death PIPE...
later said Oh Hitler is finally and having cake crumbs on his moustache he's trembling
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Quote examples
M. Shadows
American Musician
People want things now. People in the rock world seem to not want to give it to them - they want to keep doing things the old way - and one thing that has always bummed me out is when we get a single three months out, and then you have to keep getting fed with bread crumbs.
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Rupert Sanders
English Director
So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.
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Lamman Rucker
American Actor
The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman.
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Patrick Macnee
British Actor
These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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Terry Zwigoff
American Director
Crumb was such an influence on me. He's such a visionary, such a great artist, that he so shaped my artistic sensibilities on a certain level that I do owe everything to him. The way I see the world is largely changed by him.
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Desmond Tutu
South African Leader
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
Some versions of crab cakes are mostly crabmeat lightly bound with egg, but I'm a firm believer that a crab cake should contain bread crumbs.
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Tilda Swinton
English Actress
I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
Panko crumbs have tons of surface area, leading to exceptionally crisp coatings.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
Quote examples
M. Shadows
American Musician
People want things now. People in the rock world seem to not want to give it to them - they want to keep doing things the old way - and one thing that has always bummed me out is when we get a single three months out, and then you have to keep getting fed with bread crumbs.
Quote examples
Rupert Sanders
English Director
So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.
Quote examples
Lamman Rucker
American Actor
The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman.
Quote examples
Patrick Macnee
British Actor
These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
Quote examples
Terry Zwigoff
American Director
Crumb was such an influence on me. He's such a visionary, such a great artist, that he so shaped my artistic sensibilities on a certain level that I do owe everything to him. The way I see the world is largely changed by him.
Quote examples
Desmond Tutu
South African Leader
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Quote examples
Tom Douglas
American Chef
Some versions of crab cakes are mostly crabmeat lightly bound with egg, but I'm a firm believer that a crab cake should contain bread crumbs.
Quote examples
Tilda Swinton
English Actress
I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
Panko crumbs have tons of surface area, leading to exceptionally crisp coatings.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
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