shred n
1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2. a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, tag, tag end, tatter] v : tear into shreds [syn: tear up, rip up] [also: shredding, shredded]

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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