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shred I. \ˈshred, esp South ˈsred, dial ˈswed\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English shrede, from Old English scrēade; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, shred, Old High German scrōt piece cut off, Old Norse skrjōthr old worn-out book, Latin scrupus sharp stone, Old English sceran, scieran to shear — more at shear 1. a. : a long narrow piece usually cut or torn off something : strip < a shred of ground > < shreds of paper > b. : a very thin shaving or paring < shreds of bark > < shreds of celery > 2. a. : a threadlike or stringy piece : wisp < whole wheat shreds > < shreds of fog — Herman Melville > b. : a ragged scrap of cloth : tatter < shreds of canvas — John Hunt & Edmund Hillary > 3. : a very small fragment or bit of something immaterial : particle, scrap < a successful novelist without a shred of common sense — H.A.Smith > 4. : a small nodule-shaped piece of light-sensitive photographic emulsion produced by pressing the chilled emulsion through holes in a metal plate in a hydraulic press II. verb (shredded also shred ; shredded or shred ; shredding ; shreds) Etymology: Middle English shreden, from Old English scrēadian; akin to Middle Dutch schroden to cut up, grind into coarse meal, Old High German scrōtan to cut, Old English scrēade, n., shred transitive verb 1. archaic a. : to cut or lop (as a branch, bodily part, or lock of hair) < scythe blades which shred off the unwary passenger's limb — Sir Walter Scott > b. : prune 2. : to cut or tear into shreds : rip up < shredded streamers hung … from the roof — D.C.Loughlin > < sharks … shredded the great fish — J.D.Adams > specifically : to cut (food) into shreds < sugarcane shredded by machine > < a dish of shredded cabbage > < a frosting with shredded coconut > 3. : to press and break up (photographic emulsion) into shreds < the emulsion … is shredded and thoroughly washed to remove water-soluble salts — Complete Photographer > intransitive verb : to come apart in or break up into shreds < one of the yellow tearoses had shredded — Stephen Longstreet > • - shred out |