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Webster 1913 Edition

Shred

Shred

,
Noun.
[OE.
shrede
,
schrede
, AS.
screáde
; akin to OD.
schroode
, G.
schrot
a piece cut off, Icel.
skrjoðr
a shred, and to E.
shroud
. Cf.
Screed
,
Scroll
,
Scrutiny
.]
1.
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
“Shreds of tanned leather.”
Bacon.
2.
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
Shak.

Shred

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shred
or
Shredded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Shredding
.]
[OE.
shreden
,
schreden
, AS.
screádian
; akin to OD.
schrooden
, OHG.
scr[GREEK]tan
, G.
schroten
. See
Shred
,
Noun.
]
1.
To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
Chaucer.
2.
To lop; to prune; to trim.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Shred

SHRED

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. shred. To cut into small pieces, particularly marrow and long pieces, as of cloth or lether. It differs from mince, which signifies to chop into pieces fine and short.

SHRED

,
Noun.
1. A long narrow piece cut off; as shreds of cloth.
2. A fragment; a piece; as shreds of wit.

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