decrumb

English

Etymology

de- +‎ crumb

Verb

decrumb (third-person singular simple present decrumbs, present participle decrumbing, simple past and past participle decrumbed)

1. (transitive) To remove the crumbs from.
   • 1972, Twila Van Leer, Life is just a bowl of kumquats, page 71:

     A couple of hours later I had the washing going, the children fed and dressed and the kitchen floor semi-decrumbed in a mad effort to come to terms with this rotten day, when the phone rang.

   • 2001, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, page 230:

     I don't want my runner stopping off to decrumb a table or empty an ashtray.

   • 2011, Sophie Page, To Marry a Prince, page 156:

     She nearly dropped the toast rack she was decrumbing.

Anagrams

• crumbed