D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Shred

/shrĕd/ · IPA /ʃɹɛd/
01 n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  1. 1.
    A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  2. 2.
    In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
02 v. t. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
imp. & p. p. Shred; p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding
  1. 1.
    To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
  2. 2.
    To lop; to prune; to trim.[Obs.]