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# shred

«shred» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small, thin piece torn or cut from something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a shred, shreds); verb (shred, shreds, shredded, shredding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A small, thin piece torn or cut from something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#m1)

2) (noun) A very small amount: "not a shred of evidence". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#m2)

3) (verb) To tear or cut something into small thin pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#m3)

4) (verb) To destroy papers with a shredding machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#m4)

5) (slang) To play guitar very fast and well, or to skate or surf very well; "shredded" also means very muscly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to cut up into small pieces, as a man shredded wild gourds into a stew. Interpretation: Tradition reads the story as Elisha's miracle, when he made the poisoned stew safe with flour and the prophet's word. In the primary lessons: In cooking, you shred cheese, lettuce or cabbage. In offices and safety, people shred papers with private details so others cannot read them. In stories and the news, "not a shred of evidence" means none at all. Phrases: in shreds, tear to shreds, a shred of truth, shredded cheese.

### examples

- And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not. (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x1)
- Mum shredded the cheese for the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x2)
- The dog tore my homework to shreds! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x3)
- There is not a shred of evidence that he did it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x4)
- Dad shredded the old bank letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x5)
- Her dress was in shreds after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x6)
- That guitarist can really shred! (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/#x7)

### note

Past form: shredded (double d). "Tear someone to shreds" (figurative) means to criticise them harshly. "Shredded wheat" is a cereal.

### In the corpora

- [In 2018 one of Banksy's paintings partly shredded itself right after it sold at auction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shred» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shred/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.