shred

¹shred

noun \ˈshred, especially Southern ˈsred\

Definition of SHRED

1

a : a long narrow strip cut or torn off b plural : a shredded, damaged, or ruined condition <a reputation torn to shreds>

2

: particle, scrap <not a shred of evidence>

Examples of SHRED

1. The wallpaper is in shreds.
2. His reputation was in shreds after the arrest.
3. He struggled to retain a shred of his dignity.

Origin of SHRED

Middle English shrede, from Old English scrēade; akin to Old High German scrōt piece cut off

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to SHRED

Synonyms: ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, particle, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace

Related Words: hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit; atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap; dash, drop, pinch; part, portion, section; bite, nibble, taste; handful, scattering, smatter, smattering; dose, shot; chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter; particle, tatter; clipping, paring, shaving

Near Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth; volume; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; chunk, hunk, lump, slab

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Rhymes with SHRED

bed, bread, dead, dread, ed, fed, head, lead, med, ped, read, red, Red, redd, said, shed, sled, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, wed, zed