[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crumb \crumb\, v. t. imp.  p. p. crumbed kru^md; p. pr.
    vb. n. crumbing kru^m"i^ng.
   to break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to
   crumb bread. written also crum.
   1913 webster
see also:
crumbed crumbing crum 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crumb \crumb\ kru^m, n. as. cruma, akin to d. kruim, g.
   krume; cf. g. krauen to scratch, claw. written also
   crum.
   1. a small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of
      bread or other food, broken or cut off.
      1913 webster

            desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
            the rich man's table.                 --luke xvi.
                                                  21.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: a little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
      1913 webster

   3. the soft part of bread.
      1913 webster

            dust unto dust, what must be, must;
            if you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --old
                                                  song.
      1913 webster

   crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.

   to a crum, with great exactness; completely.
      1913 webster
see also:
crum crumb brush to a crum 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crumb
     n 1: 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"
     2: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
        "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
        bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes"; "the british call
        a contemptible person a `git'" syn: rotter, dirty dog,
         rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife,
         scum bag, so-and-so, git
     3: small piece of e.g. bread or cake
     v 1: coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"
     2: break into crumbs
     3: remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
see also:
rotter dirty dog rat skunk stinker stinkpot 
bum puke lowlife scum bag so-and-so 
git 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

134 moby thesaurus words for "crumb":
   abrade, air pollution, atom, atomize, attritus, beat, besprinkle,
   bit, bite, bran, bray, bread, brecciate, butt, chip, chunk, clip,
   clipping, collop, comminute, contriturate, cosmic dust, crumble,
   crush, cut, cutting, disintegrate, dollop, dot, dram, dredge, drop,
   droplet, dust, dust ball, efflorescence, end, fallout, farina,
   filings, fleck, flour, flyspeck, fragment, gnat, gob, gobbet,
   grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, grits,
   groats, hunk, iota, jot, kittens, levigate, lint, lota, lump, mash,
   meal, microbe, microorganism, midge, mill, minim, minutia,
   minutiae, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote,
   nip, ounce, paring, particle, patch, pepper, pestle, piece,
   pinhead, pinpoint, point, pound, powder, pulverize, pussies,
   rasher, raspings, reduce to powder, sawdust, scintilla, scoop,
   scrap, scrunch, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver,
   smash, smidgen, smithereen, smut, snack, snatch, snick, snip,
   snippet, soot, spatter, speck, speckle, splatter, splinter, spot,
   sprinkle, squash, stitch, stud, stump, tag, tatter, tittle,
   triturate, vanishing point

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

crumb n. two binary digits; a quad. larger than a bit, smaller than
   a nybble. considered silly. syn. tayste. general discussion of such
   terms is under nybble.


see also:
quad bit nybble tayste 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

crumb
     
        two binary digits; a quad.  larger than a bit,
        smaller than a nibble.  considered silly.  synonym tayste.
     
     
see also:
quad bit nibble tayste 

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