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shred

shred
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shred]
    • /ʃrɛd/
    • /ʃred/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shred]
    • /ʃrɛd/

Definitions of shred word

  • noun shred a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip. 1
  • noun shred a bit; scrap: We haven't got a shred of evidence. 1
  • verb with object shred to cut or tear into small pieces, especially small strips; reduce to shreds. 1
  • verb without object shred to be cut up, torn, etc.: The blouse had shredded. 1
  • noun shred piece, strip: of paper or fabric 1
  • transitive verb shred fabric, paper: tear into strips 1

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Origin of shred

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English schrede, Old English scrēade; cognate with Old Norse skrjōthr worn-out book, German Schrot chips; (v.) Middle English schreden, Old English scrēadian to pare, trim; akin to shroud; cf. screed

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shred

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shred popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shred usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shred

noun shred

  • atom — An atom is the smallest amount of a substance that can take part in a chemical reaction.
  • bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
  • castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
  • cilia — the eyelashes
  • crumb — Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it.

verb shred

  • chiv — a knife
  • frazzle — the state of being frazzled or worn-out.
  • hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
  • hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
  • fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.

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