shred

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

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

2. isim 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.”

3. isim A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
4. isim A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.

   “Three shreds of celery in a glass.”

5. isim A 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; […]”

6. isim A 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!"”

7. isim A 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.”

8. fiil To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.
9. fiil 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.”

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

12. fiil To 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.”

13. fiil Chiefly 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.
14. fiil To 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.
15. fiil To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce.
16. fiil To 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; […]”

17. fiil To chop or cut (something) into pieces.

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

18. fiil To 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.”

19. fiil To 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; […]”

20. fiil 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!”

21. fiil To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition.
22. fiil To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle.
23. sıfat 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.”