Tra từ shred - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shred [shred shreds shredded shredding] verb, noun BrE [ʃred] NAmE [ʃred]
verb (-dd-)~ sth
to cut or tear sth into small pieces
•Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce.
•He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case (= putting them in a ↑shredder ).
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to ↑shroud.

Example Bank:
•Shred the lettuce leaves finely.
•He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case.
Idioms: ↑in shreds ▪ ↑pick somebody to pieces

noun
1. usually plural a small thin piece that has been torn or cut from sth
Syn: ↑scrap
•shreds of paper
•His jacket had been torn to shreds by the barbed wire.
•Cut the orange peel into thin shreds.
2. usually singular ~ of sth (used especially in negative sentences)a very small amount of sth
•There is not a shred of evidence to support his claim.
•Couldn't he leave her some shred of dignity?

Word Origin:
late Old English scrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to ↑shroud.

Example Bank:
•Just a few shreds of cloth were left.
•She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation.
•Their case was torn to shreds by the defence lawyer.
•Their economy is in shreds.
•There is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we will win.
•There is not one shred of evidence in this case.
•This is an old story without a shred of truth to it.
•With her had gone every shred of hope he had for the future.
•the tattered shreds of their flag