Shred — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

a small piece of cloth or paper

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃɹˈɛd/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃɹˈɛd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃɹˈɛd/

1 syllable Say it as /ʃɹˈɛd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smidgeon smidgin tag end smidgen whit iota tittle rip up rag tag tatter tear up smidge scintilla

Parts of Speech

noun	a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
noun	a small piece of cloth or paper
verb	tear into shreds

Word Forms

shred	verb	tear into shreds
shredder	noun	a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)
shred	noun	a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fetzen

eine winzige oder kaum nachweisbare Menge

🇫🇷French

déchiqueter

une quantité infime ou à peine détectable

🇪🇸Spanish

pizca

una cantidad pequeña o apenas detectable

🇮🇹Italian

brandello

una quantità minima o difficilmente rilevabile

🇳🇱Dutch

versnipperen

een kleine of nauwelijks waarneembare hoeveelheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

fragmentar

uma quantidade pequena ou dificilmente detectável

🇷🇺Russian

кромсать

небольшое или едва заметное количество

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टुकड़ा

एक छोटी या मुश्किल से पता लगाने योग्य मात्रा

🇧🇩Bengali

টুকরা

একটি ক্ষুদ্র বা খুব কমই সনাক্তযোগ্য পরিমাণ

🇮🇳Tamil

துண்டாக்கு

ஒரு சிறிய அல்லது அரிதாகவே கண்டறியக்கூடிய அளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

ముక్కలు చేయండి

ఒక చిన్న లేదా అరుదుగా గుర్తించదగిన మొత్తం

🇮🇳Marathi

तुकडे

एक लहान किंवा क्वचितच शोधण्यायोग्य रक्कम

🇮🇳Gujarati

કટકો

એક નાની અથવા ભાગ્યે જ શોધી શકાય તેવી રકમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚೂರುಪಾರು

ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಥವಾ ವಿರಳವಾಗಿ ಪತ್ತೆಹಚ್ಚಬಹುದಾದ ಮೊತ್ತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കീറിമുറിക്കുക

ഒരു ചെറിയ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കണ്ടെത്താനാകാത്ത തുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟੁਕੜਾ

ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟੀ ਜਾਂ ਘੱਟ ਹੀ ਖੋਜਣਯੋਗ ਰਕਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹکڑا

ایک چھوٹی سی یا کم ہی قابل شناخت رقم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

撕碎

少量或几乎无法检测到的量

🇯🇵Japanese

細断する

微量またはほとんど検出できない量

🇰🇷Korean

조각

아주 작거나 거의 감지할 수 없는 양

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cắt nhỏ

một lượng nhỏ hoặc khó có thể phát hiện được

🇹🇭Thai

ฉีก

จำนวนเล็กน้อยหรือแทบจะตรวจไม่พบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sobekan

jumlah yang kecil atau hampir tidak dapat dideteksi

🇵🇭Filipino

gutayin

isang maliit o halos hindi matukoy na halaga

🇲🇾Malay

carik-carik

jumlah yang kecil atau hampir tidak dapat dikesan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أجاد

كمية صغيرة أو بالكاد يمكن اكتشافها

🇮🇷Persian

خرد کردن

مقدار کمی یا به ندرت قابل تشخیص است

🇹🇷Turkish

parçalamak

çok küçük veya zar zor tespit edilebilen bir miktar

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִגרוֹס

כמות זעירה או בקושי ניתנת לזיהוי

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The primary meaning of 'shred' is 'a tiny or scarcely detectable amount'.

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