Shred
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English
Verb
Shred (third-person singular simple present Shreds, present participle shredding, simple past and past participle shredded)
- To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
- (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
- (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
- (music) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
Derived terms
Noun
Shred (plural Shreds)- A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
- In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
Thesaurus
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, abrade, adhesive tape, atom, atomize, band, bandage, batten, beat, belt, bit, bray, brecciate, butt, cellophane tape, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, cloth tape, collop, comminute, contriturate, crumb, crumble, crush, cut, cutting, defoliate, demolish, denude, destroy, disintegrate, dismember, dispose of, dollop, draw and quarter, end, fascia, filament, fillet, flay, flour, fragment, friction tape, gin, girdle, gob, gobbet, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, hint, hunk, iota, jot, lacerate, lath, levigate, ligula, ligule, list, lota, lump, maim, mangle, mash, masking tape, mill, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel, mutilate, nip, ounce, paring, particle, patch, peel, pestle, pick to pieces, piece, plank, plastic tape, pound, powder, pull apart, pulverize, rag, rasher, ray, reduce to powder, remnant, ribband, ribbon, scintilla, scoop, scrap, scrunch, shard, shave, shaving, shiver, skin, slat, slice, slip, sliver, smash, smidgen, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, speck, spill, spin, spline, splinter, squash, stitch, strake, strap, strip, strop, stump, suggestion, taenia, tag, take apart, tape, tape measure, tapeline, tatter, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear up, throw away, ticker tape, tittle, trace, trash, triturate, whit
Etymology
Old English screade, cognate with German Schrot (“small shot”) and Old Norse skrydda (“shrivelled skin”).
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External links
- Shred in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Shred in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
