1. Small piece of e.g. bread or cake
   "He brushed the crumbs off his lap after finishing the cookie"
    
2. A very small quantity of something
   "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "only a crumb would do that";
   - rotter [Brit, informal], dirty dog [informal], rat [informal], skunk [informal], stinker [informal], stinkpot [N. Amer, informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], lowlife [informal], so-and-so [informal], git [Brit, informal], scumbag [informal], swine [informal], scuzz [N. Amer, informal], sod [Brit, informal], sleazeball [informal], scuzzbucket [N. Amer, informal], sleazebag [informal], scuzzball [N. Amer, informal], sleazebucket [informal], slimebag [informal], slimeball [informal], toad [informal], dirtbag [US, informal], toerag [Brit, informal], scuzzbag [N. Amer, informal], ratbag [Brit, informal]

1. (cooking) coat with bread crumbs
   "crumb a cutlet"
    
2. Break into crumbs
   "She crumbed the stale bread for the stuffing"
    
3. Remove crumbs from
   "crumb the table"

Derived forms: crumbed, crumbing, crumbs

Type of: bit, bite, break up, coat, disagreeable person, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, morsel, remove, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, surface, take, take away, unpleasant person, withdraw

Part of: baked goods

Encyclopedia: Crumb, George