shredded

«shredded» in Mova's school dictionary: torn or cut into thin strips or small pieces — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past tense and past participle of shred: shred, shreds, shredded, shredding); adjective (shredded cheese)

meaning for a pupil

1) Shredded means torn or cut into thin strips or small pieces. tree →

2) As an adjective in cooking: shredded cheese, lettuce, carrot or chicken is cut or grated into thin strips. tree →

3) Paper that is shredded has been cut up by a machine so no one can read it. tree →

4) (slang) "Shredded" can mean having very visible muscles; in skateboarding or guitar "shredded" means played or rode brilliantly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons, recipes use shredded vegetables and cheese. In online safety, shredding old letters with names and bank details stops identity theft. In stories, a coat or a sail is shredded by a storm or an animal's claws. "Shredded Wheat" is a cereal.

examples

• Sprinkle the shredded cheese on the pizza. tree →
• The puppy shredded my homework! tree →
• Mum shredded old bank letters so no one could steal her details. tree →
• The storm shredded the tent. tree →
• Add shredded carrot to the salad. tree →
• The cat shredded the arm of the sofa with its claws. tree →
• (slang) After a year at the gym, he's totally shredded. tree →

note

Double d: shred → shredded, shredding. "Shredded" (thin strips) differs from "grated" (rubbed on a grater), though they often mean the same in recipes. The muscle sense is slang.

In the corpora

• In 2018 one of Banksy's paintings partly shredded itself right after it sold at auction.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shredded» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.