shred
sh red
- n a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- n a small piece of cloth or paper
- v tear into shreds
- But that explanation has only enlivened controversy over who ultimately ordered the shredding, and to what end.
- That theory, for which there is not a shred of evidence, is evident in the homeopathic sections of health food stores and major drugstore chains.
- While other designers were cutting and draping their silhouettes, Kawakubo was slashing and shredding and twisting and sculpting hers.