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/ |
- 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
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbsWord Originlate Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to shroud.
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