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sostantivo

1. 1

   A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

   There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.

   His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]

   They ſaid they vvere an hungry, ſigh'd forth Prouerbes / That Hunger-broke ſtone vvals: that dogges muſt eate / That meate vvas made for mouths. That the gods ſent not / Corne for the Richmen onely: VVith theſe ſhreds / They vented their Complainings, […]

   […] And like a ſon of Belial, vvithout the hire of Jeſabel, charges me of blaſpheming God and the King, as ordinarily he imagines me to drink Sack and ſvveare, meerely becauſe this vvas a ſhred in his common place-Book, […]

2. 2

   A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.

   To leaue him that bare a Monarkes minde, / For a king of clovvts, of very ſhreads.

   […] Gold being grovvn ſomevvhat churliſh by recovering, is made more pliant by throvving in ſhreds of tanned Leather, or any Leather oiled.

   Yet the Bible is like a fair Suit of Arras, of vvhich though a Shread may aſſure you of the fineneſs of the Colours, and Richneſs of the ſtuff, yet the Hangings never appear to their true Advantage, but vvhen they are diſplay'd to their full Dimenſions, and ſeen together.

   To-day they were to trim the grape-vine, so Kit mounted half-way up a short ladder, and began to snip and hammer away, while the old gentleman, with a great interest in his proceedings, handed up the nails and shreds of cloth as he wanted them.

3. 3

   A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing. A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.

4. 4

   A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing. A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.

   Three shreds of celery in a glass.

5. 5

   arcaicoA piece of gold or silver lace or thread.

   But, vvhen a tvvelvemonth paſs'd avvay, / Jack found his goddeſs made of clay; / Found half the charms that deck'd her face, / Aroſe from povvder, ſhreds, or lace; […]

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   raroA shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”).

   And when he neared Brandon he pulled up, sorted his pots, kept the whole ones, threw the shreds at the rabbits, and walked on into Brandon solemnly, leading the mare, and crying "Pots!"

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   obsoletoA tailor.

   Mer[curie]. Is it ſo, ſir, you impudent Poultroun? you ſlaue, you liſt, you ſhreds, you.— […] Ana[ides]. S'foot, vve muſt vſe our taylors thus.

   As if thou ere vver't angry / But vvith thy Taylor, and yet that poore ſhred / Can bring more to the making vp of a man, / Then can be hop'd from thee: […]

verbo

1. 1

   To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.

   Take a little grated Bread, ſome Beef-ſuet, yolks of hard Eggs, three Anchovies, a bit of an Onion, Salt and Pepper, Tyme and VVinter-ſavory, tvvelve Oyſters, ſome Nutmeg grated; mix all theſe together, and ſhred them very fine, and vvork them up vvith ravv Eggs like a paſte, and ſtuff your Mutton under the Skin in the thickeſt place, or vvhere you pleaſe, and roaſt it; […]

2. 2

   To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.

   But then there was the awkward incident of the tearing of the writs. Nigel, to whom a lie was an impossibility, had to admit that with his own hands he had shredded those august documents.

3. 3

   To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl.

4. 4

   To separate (something) into small portions.

   Hunger was shred into atomies in every farthing porringer of husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil.

5. 5

   figuratoTo reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash.

   Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, never wanted his customers to worry about shipping – about how much it cost, or about how long it would take – and he relentlessly shredded delivery times to make shipping incidental to the purchasing experience.

6. 6

   figuratoChiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast and in a way that requires technical skill.

7. 7

   figuratoTo cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly.

8. 8

   figuratoTo convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce.

9. 9

   arcaicoTo cut or sever (something) into two parts.

   Then ſince (quoth ſhe) the terme of each mans life / For nought may leſſened nor enlarged bee, / Graunt this, that vvhen ye ſhred vvith fatall knife / His line, vvhich is the eldeſt of the three, / VVhich of them the ſhorteſt, as I ſee, / Eftſoones his life may paſſe into the next; […]

10. 10

    obsoletoTo chop or cut (something) into pieces.

    Another vvafts his Blade about his head, / And ſhevvs them hovv their hãſtrings [hamstrings] he vvil ſhread.

    Seeſt thou this, bold bright blade? / This Sword ſhall ſhred thee as ſmall unto the Grave, / As minc'd meat for a Pie.

    Morality ſhreddeth ſinne as a garden knot; but Religion ſtubbeth it up by the roots.

    How? speak more at length. Thou snippest off news as a housewife shreddeth leeks.

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    obsoletoTo cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something.

    You ly, you ly, Gabriell: I know what you are about to ſaye, but He ſhred you off three leaves at one blowe.

    [A]ll vſurie in it ovvne nature is biting, becauſe it biteth or ſhreddeth avvay ſome of the borrovvers ſubſtance.

    [C]rooked Trees may be made ſtreight by ſhredding up of the Side-branches till you come above the Crook, vvhere they are young.

    They durst not, for their island, shred / One golden ringlet from her head.

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    obsoletoTo prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.).

    As for Timber-trees, it is beſt not to head them at all, but to ſhred them up to one ſingle Bough, if the Soil be good that you plant them in; […]

13. 13

    To become separated into small portions.

    We couldn't see over the wall of smoke, and we couldn't see through it. But at last it began to shred away lazily, and by the end of another quarter-hour the land was clear and our curiosity was enabled to satisfy itself. No living creature was in sight!

    What is this that rises before me? Mist, mist, rolling mist with a square black tower above it. See it shreds out, it thins, it rises, and there lies a castle in a green plain, with the sea beneath it, and a great church within a bow-shot.

14. 14

    To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition.

15. 15

    To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle.

aggettivo

1. 1

   Synonym of shredded (“cut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces”).

   The ſtinging alſo of ſhred Horſ-hair, which in meriment is often ſtrew'd between the ſheets of a Bed, ſeems to proceed from the ſame cauſe.

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