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shred

Syllabification: (shred)

Pronunciation: /SHred/

Definition of shred

(usually shreds)

a strip of some material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger:her beautiful dress was torn to shreds
[often with negative] a very small amount:there was not a shred of evidence that linked him to the fire

1 [with object] tear or cut into shreds: (as adjective shredded)shredded cabbage

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/something to shreds: informal criticize someone or something forcefully or aggressively:a defense counsel would tear his evidence to shreds

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

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