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shred

Pronunciation: /ʃrɛd/

Definition of shred

(usually shreds)

a strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger:her dress was torn to shreds
[often with negative] a very small amount:we have not a shred of evidence to go on

1 [with object] tear or cut into shreds.
reduce documents to unreadable strips by feeding them into a shredder:executives have shredded key documents

2 [no object] (usually as noun shredding) play a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar:we want to hear everything from country and western to blisteringly fast guitar shredding

Phrases

in shreds: very badly damaged; destroyed or ruined:my reputation will be in shreds
tear someone/thing to shreds: informal criticize someone or something aggressively: a defence counsel would tear his evidence to shreds

late Old English scrēad 'piece cut off', scrēadian 'trim, prune', of West Germanic origin; related to shroud

Definition of shred in the US English dictionary

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