shred

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.
2. n. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.
3. v. To cut or tear into shreds.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To cut or tear into small pieces; also, to cut or tear pieces from.
2. To tear into pieces, either small and irregular, or long in proportion to their width; tear into ragged bits, scraps, or strips: as, to shred old linen.
3. To prune; lop; trim, as a pole or a hedge.
4. n. A bit, scrap, fragment, rag, or strip made by cutting or tearing up something: used specifically of cloth or list for nailing up plants.
5. n. Figuratively, a bit; a particle; also, something that is like a scrap or fragment in being worn or valueless, or in having a forlorn appearance.

Wiktionary

1. n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
2. n. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
3. v. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
4. v. obsolete, transitive To lop; to prune; to trim.
5. v. snowboarding To ride aggressively.
6. v. bodybuilding To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
7. v. music To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
2. n. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
3. v. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
4. v. obsolete To lop; to prune; to trim.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a small piece of cloth or paper
2. v. tear into shreds
3. n. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount