Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of tearing or cutting into shreds; also, the act of pruning or clipping.
- n. That which is shred; a ragged strip; a fragment; a scrap.
- n. plural In carpentry, short, light pieces of timber fixed as bearers below a roof, forming a straight line with the upper side of the rafters. Also called furrings.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
- n. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
- n. That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
- v. present participle of shred.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
- n. That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
Examples
“Like Degaussing, physical shredding is typically carried out by external service providers.”
“LEWISTON, Maine (AP) A preacher led a group in shredding copies of Harry Potter books on the eve of the release of the movie “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.””
“Tom Jacobs, MedHQ president, said he called his shredding company (he declined to name it), but no one there claimed responsibility.”
“It will be interesting to see how much back paddling and document shredding occurs when the real investigations begin into Obama's administration after he is booted in 2012.”
“Even before the superdiscounting of couture, Chanel, for one, decided it would rather their clothes meet a more respectable demise – if you can call shredding them respectable.”
A Dior Dress at $6,000 Discount: Chic Scavengers Hit Bargain Bins
“We already had XML data inserted into a SQL Server 2008 R2 database however we were getting below error when retrieving also called shredding values from the XML data.”
“Attorneys for Raffanello and Perraud contend that no crime was committed because the records in question were duplicated in electronic form and that the shredding was a normal part of Stanford's everyday business.”
“Smart companies have policies that require routine shredding, which is mostly legal if done routinely and for a legitimate reason.”
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“Authorities say they could not explain the sudden surge in electricity usage, nor ubiquitous sounds that could best be described as the shredding of paper.”
“I'm calling the shredding specialists today and I'll let you know what they charge for a home visit.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shredding’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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MUSIC - metal
Names of heavy / black / thrash / sludge / speed / death / glam metal + thrashcore bands + some basic vocabulary. There is a naming contest going on between Hell and Heaven.
Nazareth, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Death, heavy metal, black metal, death metal, thrashcore, hardcore punk, Motörhead, Raven, Angel Witch and 108 more...
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MUSIC - ALL TERMS
With focus on non-classical styles, but not excluding terms of the latter.
banjo, accompaniment, acoustic bass, bass guitar, bass clef, ground, brass, cornet, Mute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arrangement and 866 more...
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Guitarist's Glossary
frets, fretboard, neck, peghead, headstock, tuners, tuning machines, strings, bridge, tremolo, whammy bar, sound hole and 201 more...
Tweets
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dailyword We used to do this a lot at my dad's office. Sep 15, 2012