Shred Definition

shrĕd
shredded, shredding, shreds
noun
shreds
A long, narrow strip or piece made by cutting or tearing.
Webster's New World
A very small piece or amount; fragment; particle.
Not a shred of evidence.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
shredded, shredding, shreds
To cut or tear into shreds.
Webster's New World
To use a mechanical shredder to shred (paper documents, for example).
American Heritage
To make a series of quick turns on a wave or snow, for example, when riding a board such as a surfboard or snowboard.
American Heritage
To play fast solos accompanied by special techniques on the electric guitar.
American Heritage

To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.

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Other Word Forms of Shred

Noun

Singular:
shred
Plural:
shreds

Origin of Shred

  • Old English screade (from which also screed), cognate with German Schrot (“small shot") and Old Norse skrydda (“shrivelled skin"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreu (“cutting tool"), extended form of *(s)ker- (“to cut").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English shrede from Old English scrēade

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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