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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shred  \Shred\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shred}  or  {Shredded};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Shredding}.]  [OE.  shreden  schreden  AS 
  scre['a]dian;  akin  to  OD  schrooden  OHG.  scr?tan,  G. 
  schroten  See  {Shred},  n.] 
  1.  To  cut  or  tear  into  small  pieces,  particularly  narrow  and 
  long  pieces,  as  of  cloth  or  leather.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  lop;  to  prune;  to  trim.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shredding  \Shred"ding\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  cutting  or  tearing  into  shreds. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  cut  or  torn  off  a  piece.  --Hooker. 




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