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shred
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[ʃrɛd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger
(e.g: her dress was torn to shreds)
Phrases:
- in shreds
- tear someone/something to shreds
Origin
:
late Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to shroud
[ʃrɛd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- tear or cut into shreds
- play a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar
(e.g: that girl can shred like Eddie Van Halen)
Phrases:
- in shreds
- tear someone/something to shreds
Origin
:
late Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to shroud
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