shredding

or shread·ing

[ shred-ing ]

noun

1. furring attached to the undersides of rafters.

Other Words From

• non·shredding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shredding¹

First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

In short, it’s a true ­one-ski quiver for western mountains, equally at home shredding corduroy, exploring ­off-trail, and slashing backcountry powder.

From Outside Online

Extra security and speedy shredding create a shredder that’s meant for the office with a high paper volume.

From Popular-Science

This type of shredding works well for everyday emails, documents, and non-sensitive personal information.

From Popular-Science

The announcement comes a day after the Golden State accused the company in an amended complaint of shredding HR documents.

From Ars Technica

I ran the headphones through my typical cadre of metal songs, which I like because they demand clarity to separate the helicopter-style blast beats, as well as lows for the vocals and highs for the shredding guitars.

From Popular-Science

Her distinctive shredding can also sound very disturbed, and the more disturbed, the better.

From The Daily Beast

Six hundred years of Mideast history are now fully and finally shredding.

From The Daily Beast

Last month he stepped on a police stun grenade as it blew up, shredding his clothes and fracturing ribs.

From The Daily Beast

Unlike a lot of young musicians, you never wanted to be the shredding lead guitarist type.

From The Daily Beast

Can his inner circle stay in power without shredding the Venezuelan constitution?

From The Daily Beast

I turned hastily, just in time to see the farrow cow in the act of shredding herself through a tight barbed wire fence.

From Project Gutenberg

"I expect you'll enjoy being in London," she said, slowly shredding the flowers from a spray of wild mignonette.

From Project Gutenberg

Providentially there was a shredding of the fog at Hell Gate, a shore-breeze flicking the mists off the surface of the water.

From Project Gutenberg

Shredding half the penguin-meat, we boiled it up and found the stew and broth excellent.

From Project Gutenberg

The rugs were worn, worn to the shredding point, worn until the spurious Oriental design seemed an eerie Dali drawing.

From Project Gutenberg

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