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# shredded

«shredded» in Mova's school dictionary: **torn or cut into thin strips or small pieces** — 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

verb form (past tense and past participle of shred: shred, shreds, shredded, shredding); adjective (shredded cheese)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shredded means torn or cut into thin strips or small pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#m1)

2) As an adjective in cooking: shredded cheese, lettuce, carrot or chicken is cut or grated into thin strips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#m2)

3) Paper that is shredded has been cut up by a machine so no one can read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#m3)

4) (slang) "Shredded" can mean having very visible muscles; in skateboarding or guitar "shredded" means played or rode brilliantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons, recipes use shredded vegetables and cheese. In online safety, shredding old letters with names and bank details stops identity theft. In stories, a coat or a sail is shredded by a storm or an animal's claws. "Shredded Wheat" is a cereal.

### examples

- Sprinkle the shredded cheese on the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x1)
- The puppy shredded my homework! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x2)
- Mum shredded old bank letters so no one could steal her details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x3)
- The storm shredded the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x4)
- Add shredded carrot to the salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x5)
- The cat shredded the arm of the sofa with its claws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x6)
- (slang) After a year at the gym, he's totally shredded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/#x7)

### note

Double d: shred → shredded, shredding. "Shredded" (thin strips) differs from "grated" (rubbed on a grater), though they often mean the same in recipes. The muscle sense is slang.

### 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 «shredded» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredded/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.