vverb.motionfall apartSynset:break down collapse crumple tumble
Examples:- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:crumblechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: crumble)
vverb.changebreak or fall apart into fragmentsSynset:fall apart
Examples:- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
Hypernyms:disintegrate
Inherited Hypernyms:crumbledisintegratechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.changefall into decay or ruinSynset:decay dilapidate
Examples:- The unoccupied house started to decay
Derivationally Related Form:decaydecadent
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:decaychange
Direct Hyponyms:breakbustcorrodedeterioratedroopeat aterodefall apartgnawgnaw atruinrustwearwear awaywear outweatherwilt
Full Troponyms:ablatebreakcorrodedeteriorateerodefrayfretgo to potruinscuffwearweatherwilt
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s