Shred

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.
  • n. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.
  • v. To cut or tear into shreds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • n. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
  • v. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
  • v. To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • v. To ride aggressively.
  • v. To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  • v. To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • n. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
  • v. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
  • v. To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut or tear into small pieces; also, to cut or tear pieces from.
  • To tear into pieces, either small and irregular, or long in proportion to their width; tear into ragged bits, scraps, or strips: as, to shred old linen.
  • To prune; lop; trim, as a pole or a hedge.
  • n. A bit, scrap, fragment, rag, or strip made by cutting or tearing up something: used specifically of cloth or list for nailing up plants.
  • n. Figuratively, a bit; a particle; also, something that is like a scrap or fragment in being worn or valueless, or in having a forlorn appearance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small piece of cloth or paper
  • v. tear into shreds
  • n. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  • Verb Form
    shredded    shredding    shreds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    shredding    shredded   
    Form
    shredder   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strip    piece    particle    lop    prune    trim    fragment    cut    tear    fray   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ed    Fed    Fred    Freda    Ged    Head    Jed    Med    Ned    Read   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scrap    vestige    bit    rag    wisp    char    remnant    semblance    fragment    tattered