shredding

Or shread·ing

[shred-ing]

noun

1. furring attached to the undersides of rafters.

Other Word Forms

• nonshredding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shredding¹

First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Across 18 months they played some exhilarating cricket, shredding bowling attacks.

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Handcrafted from an 18th-century original, this grater nestles neatly in a bowl for shredding cheese or vegetables.

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Lady Constance simply opened and ripped, opened and ripped, like a human shredding machine.

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Superheated air leaped outward in a thundering explosion, shredding the walls of the reactor building and sending a cloud of white smoke and debris billowing into the air.

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There were cheers for the policeman on stage in a fat suit doing pelvic thrusts, and the woman in a leotard and tights shredding a portrait of Vladimir Putin.

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