crumb

noun (a crumb, crumbs); interjection (crumbs! — British, mild surprise)

«crumb» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A very small piece of bread, cake or biscuit. tree →
A very small amount of something: "a crumb of hope". tree →
"Crumbs!" is an old-fashioned British way of showing surprise. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, crumbs fall on the table and floor when we eat; we wipe them up so they do not attract ants and mice. In cooking, breadcrumbs coat food like fish fingers. In stories, Hansel and Gretel dropped a trail of crumbs. Phrases: crumbs on the table, breadcrumbs, a trail of crumbs, a crumb of comfort.

Examples

Please sweep up the crumbs after lunch. tree →
Birds pecked at the crumbs on the path. tree →
Hansel dropped crumbs to find the way home. tree →
There's not a crumb left of the cake! tree →
Crumbs attract ants into the kitchen. tree →
The fish was coated in breadcrumbs. tree →
Crumbs! I forgot my homework. tree →
Then he wiped the crumbs from his beard and began: tree →

Note

Countable: a crumb, crumbs. The "b" is silent: said "krum". The verb "crumble" means break into crumbs; "crumbly" means breaks easily. Manners: brush crumbs into your hand or a napkin, not onto the floor.

In Jewish tradition

It means a small bit. In Joshua, the Gibeonites show dry, crumbled bread to claim they came from far away.

Interpretation. The Gibeonites tricked Israel into a treaty. Tradition reads it as a lesson about keeping an oath, and about asking God before deciding.

Examples

He casteth forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? (Writings PSA.147.17, JPS 1917) tree →
and worn shoes and clouted upon their feet, and worn garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become crumbs. (Prophets JOS.9.5, JPS 1917) tree →
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become crumbs. (Prophets JOS.9.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «crumb» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«crumb» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «crumb» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«crumb» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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