shred

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noun

1 small thin piece of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ fine, thin

▪ tattered

▪

the tattered shreds of their flag

PREPOSITION

▪ in shreds, into shreds

▪

Cut the orange peel into thin shreds.

▪

Their economy is in shreds. (figurative)

▪ shred of

▪

Just a few shreds of cloth were left.

PHRASES

▪ cut, rip, tear, etc. sth to shreds (figurative)

▪

Their case was torn to shreds by the lawyer.

2 very small amount of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ every

▪

With her had gone every shred of hope he had for the future.

▪ last, remaining

▪

She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation.

▪ one, single, slightest (all used in negative phrases)

▪

There is not one shred of evidence in this case.

PREPOSITION

▪ shred of

▪

There is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we will win.

PHRASES

▪ without a shred of sth

▪

This is an old story without a shred of truth to it.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ finely

▪

Shred the lettuce leaves finely.

Shred is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cabbage, ↑paper