shred
part of speech
noun (a shred, shreds); verb (shred, shreds, shredded, shredding)
meaning for a pupil
1) (noun) A small, thin piece torn or cut from something. tree →
2) (noun) A very small amount: "not a shred of evidence". tree →
3) (verb) To tear or cut something into small thin pieces. tree →
4) (verb) To destroy papers with a shredding machine. tree →
5) (slang) To play guitar very fast and well, or to skate or surf very well; "shredded" also means very muscly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to cut up into small pieces, as a man shredded wild gourds into a stew. Interpretation: Tradition reads the story as Elisha's miracle, when he made the poisoned stew safe with flour and the prophet's word. In the primary lessons: In cooking, you shred cheese, lettuce or cabbage. In offices and safety, people shred papers with private details so others cannot read them. In stories and the news, "not a shred of evidence" means none at all. Phrases: in shreds, tear to shreds, a shred of truth, shredded cheese.
examples
- And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not. (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mum shredded the cheese for the pizza. tree →
- The dog tore my homework to shreds! tree →
- There is not a shred of evidence that he did it. tree →
- Dad shredded the old bank letters. tree →
- Her dress was in shreds after the storm. tree →
- That guitarist can really shred! (slang) tree →
note
Past form: shredded (double d). "Tear someone to shreds" (figurative) means to criticise them harshly. "Shredded wheat" is a cereal.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shred» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.