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[shred] 
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. |
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| shred (shrěd) n.
To cut or tear into shreds. [Middle English shrede, from Old English scrēade.] |
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Shred
Shred\, n. [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. scre['a]de; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjo[eth]r a shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny.]1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." --Bacon. 2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. --Shak.Shred
Shred\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shred or Shredded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. scre['a]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr?tan, G. schroten. See Shred, n.]1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather. --Chaucer. 2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : shred
Spanish:
triza, jirón,
German:
der Fetzen,
Japanese:
細片
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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