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Definition of shred verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shred

verb
 
/ʃred/
 
/ʃred/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shred
 
/ʃred/
 
/ʃred/
he / she / it shreds
 
/ʃredz/
 
/ʃredz/
past simple shredded
 
/ˈʃredɪd/
 
/ˈʃredɪd/
past participle shredded
 
/ˈʃredɪd/
 
/ˈʃredɪd/
-ing form shredding
 
/ˈʃredɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃredɪŋ/
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  1. shred something to cut or tear something into small pieces
    • Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce.
    • He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case (= putting them in a shredder).
    • Shred the lettuce leaves finely.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • finely
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    Word Originlate Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to shroud.
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