| VERB | contact | shred, tear up, rip up | tear into shreds |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | quantity | shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount |
| artifact | shred, rag, tag, tag end, tatter | a small piece ... / piece of cloth or paper |
| Sounds | shreh'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge | |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
| Spanish | adarme, ápice, pizca, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin | |
| Catalan | iota, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin | |
| Verbs | shred | tear into shreds |
| Meaning | A small piece ... / piece of cloth or paper. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rag, tag, tag end, tatter | |
| Narrower | pine-tar rag | baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar |
| Broader | piece of cloth, piece of material | A separate part consisting of fabric |
| Spanish | andrajo, harapo, jirón, trapo | |
| Catalan | andrajo, drap, parrac | |
| Verbs | shred | tear into shreds |
| Meaning | tear into shreds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tear up, rip up | |
| Narrower | tease | tear into pieces |
| Broader | tear, rupture, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly |
| Spanish | desmenuzar, hacer trizas, trocear | |
| Catalan | estripar, tallar, triturar | |
| Nouns | shred | a small piece ... / piece of cloth or paper |
| shred | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | |
| shredder | a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | |
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