shred
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
a bit; scrap: We haven't got a shred of evidence.
to cut or tear into small pieces, especially small strips; reduce to shreds: I shred my credit card statement every month.
to be cut up, torn, etc.: The blouse had shredded in the wash.
Slang. to snowboard, skateboard, surf, or ski in a highly skilled or showily spectacular manner: I bought a new action camera that I can mount to my helmet—stay tuned for rad videos of me shredding when I hit the slopes next weekend.
Slang. to play guitar very quickly with specific picking techniques, as during an electric guitar solo: Fans in the mosh pit go wild when Eddie shreds on lead guitar.
Origin of shred
1Other words from shred
- shred·less, adjective
- shred·like, adjective
- un·shred·ded, adjective
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How to use shred in a sentence
Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
Then I picked up a book that shredded my facile preconceptions—Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young.
Playing and practicing any sport at an elite level leaves in its wake broken bones, shredded ligaments and neuronal death.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“My feet were shredded and cut,” Davis told The Daily Beast.
I Survived a Deadly Shipwreck: Costa Concordia Passengers Tell Their Stories | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch pairs of black holes are rare, and a star drifting close enough to get shredded is rarer.
This source of error may be eliminated by substituting a shredded whole-wheat biscuit for the roll.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPicnic baskets from which the salt has been omitted may be shredded over the surface instead of parsley.
To a few small wooden pegs stuck in the top he made fast some long strings of tow, shredded out to resemble hair.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterHe saw the fog drifting in shredded masses against the high buildings, shrouding the towers.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayFor five months I lived by myself, and the only cooked food I ate was shredded wheat biscuit.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for shred
/ (ʃrɛd) /
a long narrow strip or fragment torn or cut off
a very small piece or amount; scrap
(tr) to tear or cut into shreds
Origin of shred
1Derived forms of shred
- shredder, noun
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