Meaning of Shred | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
2. A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
3. A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
   broadly
4. A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
5. A piece of gold or silver lace or thread.
   archaic
6. A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”).
   rare
7. A tailor.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.”

“His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]”

“They ſaid they vvere an hungry, ſigh'd forth Prouerbes / That Hunger-broke ſtone vvals: that dogges muſt eate / That meate vvas made for mouths. That the gods ſent not / Corne for the Richmen onely: VVith theſe ſhreds / They vented their Complainings, […]”

“[…] And like a ſon of Belial, vvithout the hire of Jeſabel, charges me of blaſpheming God and the King, as ordinarily he imagines me to drink Sack and ſvveare, meerely becauſe this vvas a ſhred in his common place-Book, […]”

“He munched a shred of toast, and was off by the omnibus to chambers.”

“But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.”

“To leaue him that bare a Monarkes minde, / For a king of clovvts, of very ſhreads.”

“[…] Gold being grovvn ſomevvhat churliſh by recovering, is made more pliant by throvving in ſhreds of tanned Leather, or any Leather oiled.”

“Yet the Bible is like a fair Suit of Arras, of vvhich though a Shread may aſſure you of the fineneſs of the Colours, and Richneſs of the ſtuff, yet the Hangings never appear to their true Advantage, but vvhen they are diſplay'd to their full Dimenſions, and ſeen together.”

“To-day they were to trim the grape-vine, so Kit mounted half-way up a short ladder, and began to snip and hammer away, while the old gentleman, with a great interest in his proceedings, handed up the nails and shreds of cloth as he wanted them.”

“A wandering minstrel I— / A thing of shreds and patches, / Of ballads, songs and snatches, / And dreamy lullaby!”

“They have hung a shred of carpet out of an upstairs window— […]”

“Three shreds of celery in a glass.”

“But, vvhen a tvvelvemonth paſs'd avvay, / Jack found his goddeſs made of clay; / Found half the charms that deck'd her face, / Aroſe from povvder, ſhreds, or lace; […]”

“And when he neared Brandon he pulled up, sorted his pots, kept the whole ones, threw the shreds at the rabbits, and walked on into Brandon solemnly, leading the mare, and crying "Pots!"”

“Mer[curie]. Is it ſo, ſir, you impudent Poultroun? you ſlaue, you liſt, you ſhreds, you.— […] Ana[ides]. S'foot, vve muſt vſe our taylors thus.”

“As if thou ere vver't angry / But vvith thy Taylor, and yet that poore ſhred / Can bring more to the making vp of a man, / Then can be hop'd from thee: […]”

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