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to shred
01
to cut something into very small pieces
Transitive: to shred sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
shred
3rd person singular
shreds
Present participle
shredding
Past simple
shredded
Past participle
shredded
Examples
To make coleslaw, you need to shred the cabbage finely.
Shred
01
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
shreds
02
a small piece of cloth or paper
Lexical Tree
shredder
shred
