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shred / shred/ • n. (usu. shreds) a strip of some material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger: her beautiful dress was torn to shreds | fig. my reputation will be in shreds. ∎ a very small amount: there was not a shred of evidence that linked him to the fire.• v. (shredded, shredding) [tr.] tear or cut into shreds: [as adj.] (shredded) shredded cabbage.
shred
shred fragment cut or broken off OE.; fragment of textile material, also fig. XIV OE. *sċrēad (pl. sċrēada), sċrēade, corr. to OS. skrōd, MLG. schrōt, schrāt, cut off piece, OHG. scrōt (G. schrot); f. WGmc. *skraud- *skreud- *skrüd- cut.
So shred vb. †pare, trim OE.; cut into small strips or slices XIV. OE. sċrēadian.
So shred vb. †pare, trim OE.; cut into small strips or slices XIV. OE. sċrēadian.
shred
shred In forestry, to remove the branches from a standard tree.
shred
shred In forestry, to remove the branches from a standard tree.
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