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SHRED
rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter
(noun) a small piece of cloth or paper
shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
shred, tear up, rip up
(verb) tear into shreds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
shred (plural shreds)
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
Synonyms
• See also modicum.
Etymology 2
Verb
shred (third-person singular simple present shreds, present participle shredding, simple past shredded, past participle shred or shredded)
To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
To reduce by a large percentage.
(obsolete, transitive) To lop; to prune; to trim.
(snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
(bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
(music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
Anagrams
• herds, sherd
Source: Wiktionary
Shred, n. Etym: [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. screáde; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjothr a shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny.]
1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." Bacon.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak.
Shred, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shred or Shredded (; p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding.] Etym: [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. screádian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr, G. schroten. See Shred, n.]
1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather. Chaucer.
2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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