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Audio Help [shred] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, shred·ded or shred, shred·ding.

–noun

1.	a piece cut or torn off, esp. in a narrow strip.

2.	a bit; scrap: We haven't got a shred of evidence.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to cut or tear into small pieces, esp. small strips; reduce to shreds.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to be cut up, torn, etc.: The blouse had shredded.

[Origin: bef. 1000; (n.) ME schrede, OE scréade; c. ON skrjōthr worn-out book, G Schrot chips; (v.) ME schreden, OE scréadian to pare, trim; akin to shroud; cf. screed

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shredlike, adjective

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shred Audio Help (shrěd) Pronunciation Key
n.

A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.
A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.

tr.v. shred·ded or shred, shred·ding, shreds
To cut or tear into shreds.

[Middle English shrede, from Old English scrēade.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
shred

O.E. screade "piece cut off," from W.Gmc. *skraudas (cf. M.L.G. schrot "piece cut off," O.H.G. scrot, "a cutting, piece cut off," Ger. Schrot "small shot," O.N. skrydda "shriveled skin"), from PIE base *skreu- "to cut, cutting tool" (cf. L. scrutari "to search, examine," from scruta "trash, frippery;" O.E. scrud "dress, garment;" see shroud). The verb is from O.E. screadian "prune, cut" (cf. M.Du. scroden, Du. schroeien, O.H.G. scrotan, Ger. schroten "to shred"). Shredded wheat is recorded fron 1899; shredder in the paper disposal sense is from 1950.

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shred
noun
1.	a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
2.	a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag]
verb
1.	tear into shreds

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
shred [ʃred] noun

a long, narrow strip (especially very small) torn or cut off
Example: The lion tore his coat to shreds; a tiny shred of material

Arabic:	قُصاصات طَويلَه رَفيعَه، أشْلاء
Chinese (Simplified):	碎片
Chinese (Traditional):	碎片
Czech:	cár, útržek
Danish:	strimmel
Dutch:	flard
Estonian:	riba
Finnish:	riekale
French:	lambeau
German:	der Fetzen
Greek:	κουρέλι, κομματάκι
Hungarian:	foszlány
Icelandic:	rífa, *skera í tætlur
Indonesian:	carikan, robekan, cabikan
Italian:	brandello

Japanese:	細片
Korean:	(길고 가느다란) 끄트러기, 조각
Latvian:	skranda; strēmele
Lithuanian:	skutas
Norwegian:	strimmel, fille, trevl
Polish:	strzęp
Portuguese (Brazil):	farrapo
Portuguese (Portugal):	farrapo
Romanian:	zdreanţă, bucată
Russian:	клочок
Slovak:	zdrap, útržok
Slovenian:	cunja
Spanish:	triza, jirón
Swedish:	remsa, strimla, trasa
Turkish:	parça, lime

shred [ʃred] verb

to cut or tear into shreds
Example: to shred paper

Arabic:	يُمَزِّق إربا
Chinese (Simplified):	撕碎
Chinese (Traditional):	撕碎
Czech:	(roz)trhat
Danish:	skære i strimler; rive i strimler
Dutch:	verscheuren
Estonian:	ribadeks rebima, lõikuma
Finnish:	repiä riekaleiksi
French:	déchiqueter
German:	zerfetzen
Greek:	κουρελιάζω, ξεσκίζω
Hungarian:	darabokra tép
Icelandic:	tæta, rífa í ræmur
Indonesian:	mencabik, merobek
Italian:	fare a brandelli*, stracciare

Japanese:	細かく切る
Korean:	…을 갈기갈기 찢다
Latvian:	saplēst skrandās, *strēmelēs
Lithuanian:	(su)karpyti, *(su)draskyti į skutelius
Norwegian:	finskjære, skjære i strimler
Polish:	ciąć na paski, drzeć na strzępy
Portuguese (Brazil):	retalhar
Portuguese (Portugal):	rasgar
Romanian:	a zdrenţui
Russian:	резать, измельчать
Slovak:	(roz)trhať
Slovenian:	trgati, cefrati
Spanish:	hacer trizas, cortar en tiras
Swedish:	skära (klippa, riva) i remsor (strimlor, trasor), trasa sönder
Turkish:	lime lime etmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Shred

Screed\ (skr[=e]d), n. [Prov. E., a shred, the border of a cap. See Shred.]

1. (Arch.) (a) A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide. (b) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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Scroll\, n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. ['e]crou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow.]

1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. --Isa. xxxiv. 4.

Here is the scroll of every man's name. --Shak.

2. (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

3. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] --Burrill.

4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen.

Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws.

Scroll saw. See under Saw.

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