"shred" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʃɹɛd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-shred.ogg [Australia] Forms: more shred [comparative], most shred [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English shreden, shred (“to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim”) [and other forms], from Old English sċrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim”), from Proto-West Germanic *skraudōn, related to Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up; to shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up; to shred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The adjective is derived from the past participle form of the verb. Etymology templates: {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{inh|en|enm|shreden}} Middle English shreden, {{m|enm|shred|t=to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim}} shred (“to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim”), {{nb...|schred, schredde, schrede, screde, shreade, shrede, shredde, shrid, (Early Middle English) screda, scradien, (Ormulum) shrædenn|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|sċrēadian|t=to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim}} Old English sċrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skraudōn}} Proto-West Germanic *skraudōn, {{cog|gmw-pro|*skraudan|t=to cut up; to shred}} Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up; to shred”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skraudaną|t=to cut up; to shred}} Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up; to shred”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut off}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle Head templates: {{en-adj}} shred (comparative more shred, superlative most shred)
  1. Synonym of shredded (“cut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces”) Synonyms: shredded [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-shred-en-adj-fLFGgmpE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ʃɹɛd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-shred.ogg [Australia] Forms: shreds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: From Middle English shrede, shred (“fragment, piece, scrap; piece cut off from something; strip of material; ornamental strip hanging from the edge of a garment; thread; band or thread woven in a garment; element, streak; plant (?)”) [and other forms], from Late Old English sċrēad, sċrēade (“piece cut off from something; a paring; a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a crack; a cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Doublet of escrow. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{inh|en|enm|shrede}} Middle English shrede, {{m|enm|shred|t=fragment, piece, scrap; piece cut off from something; strip of material; ornamental strip hanging from the edge of a garment; thread; band or thread woven in a garment; element, streak; plant (?)}} shred (“fragment, piece, scrap; piece cut off from something; strip of material; ornamental strip hanging from the edge of a garment; thread; band or thread woven in a garment; element, streak; plant (?)”), {{nb...|schreade, schrede, screde, shrade, shredde, (Kent) screade|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|sċrēad}} Old English sċrēad, {{m|ang|sċrēade|t=piece cut off from something; a paring; a shred}} sċrēade (“piece cut off from something; a paring; a shred”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skraudō|t=a piece, shred; a crack; a cut}} Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a crack; a cut”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut off}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), {{doublet|en|escrow}} Doublet of escrow Head templates: {{en-noun}} shred (plural shreds)
  1. A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount. Synonyms: ounce, modicum Translations (fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece): късче (kǎsče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), парче (parče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tros [masculine] (Catalan), fragment [masculine] (Catalan), 些許 (Chinese Mandarin), 些许 (xiēxǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 一丁點 (Chinese Mandarin), 一丁点 (yīdīngdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kus (Czech), hitunen (Finnish), kappale (Finnish), palanen (Finnish), Fitzel [masculine] (German), Fitzelchen [neuter] (German), winziges Stückchen [neuter] (German), Schnipsel [masculine] (German), Schnitzel [masculine] (German), ruainne [masculine] (Irish), rimasuglio (Italian), kawałek [masculine] (Polish), кусо́к (kusók) [masculine] (Russian), spår [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), tillstymmelse [common-gender] (Swedish), uns (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-vMRq537s Disambiguation of 'fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece': 69 9 9 6 5 1
  2. A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
    (by extension) A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-Ya7TjN8R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3
  3. A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
    (cooking) A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
    Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-k~SpBp8B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  4. (archaic) A piece of gold or silver lace or thread. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-veZ0eDRO
  5. (rare) A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-5tmDA~Q2
  6. (obsolete) A tailor. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-shred-en-noun-7wqS8aOM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shreddies, shreddy, shredless, shredlet [rare], shred pie [obsolete] Related terms: screed Translations (a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip): σπάραγμα (spáragma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), парцалче (parcalče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tirella [feminine] (Catalan), 碎布條 (Chinese Mandarin), 碎布条 (suìbùtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), útržek (Czech), cár (Czech), flard [feminine] (Dutch), kaistale (Finnish), suikale (Finnish), lambeau [masculine] (French), lambiza [feminine] (Galician), lambizo [masculine] (Galician), Lumpen [masculine] (German), גֶּזֶר (gézer) [masculine] (Hebrew), segmen [neuter] (Latin), ngaku (Maori), کراد (korâd) (Persian), strzęp [masculine] (Polish), клочо́к (kločók) [masculine] (Russian), лоску́т (loskút) [masculine] (Russian), remsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip': 9 40 40 5 4 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹɛd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-shred.ogg [Australia] Forms: shreds [present, singular, third-person], shredding [participle, present], shredded [past], shredded [participle, past], shred [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], shred [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English shreden, shred (“to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim”) [and other forms], from Old English sċrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim”), from Proto-West Germanic *skraudōn, related to Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up; to shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up; to shred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The adjective is derived from the past participle form of the verb. Etymology templates: {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{inh|en|enm|shreden}} Middle English shreden, {{m|enm|shred|t=to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim}} shred (“to chop, cut up; to cut, hack; to wound with a knife; to cut off a part of (something); to prune, trim”), {{nb...|schred, schredde, schrede, screde, shreade, shrede, shredde, shrid, (Early Middle English) screda, scradien, (Ormulum) shrædenn|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|sċrēadian|t=to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim}} Old English sċrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off; to prune, trim”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skraudōn}} Proto-West Germanic *skraudōn, {{cog|gmw-pro|*skraudan|t=to cut up; to shred}} Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up; to shred”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skraudaną|t=to cut up; to shred}} Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up; to shred”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut off}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=shred}} shred (third-person singular simple present shreds, present participle shredding, simple past shredded, past participle shredded or shred) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple|past_ptc2=shred|stem=shredd}}
  1. (transitive)
    To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips): σπαράσσω (sparássō) (Ancient Greek), накъсвам (nakǎsvam) (Bulgarian), tallar (Catalan), trinxar (Catalan), triturar (Catalan), trocejar (Catalan), 切碎 (qiēsuì) (Chinese Mandarin), trhat (Czech), verscheuren (Dutch), versnipperen (Dutch), repiä (Finnish), silputa (Finnish), suikaloida (Finnish), couper (French), déchiqueter (French), dilacérer (French), lacérer (French), râper (French), trocear (Galician), schreddern (German), zerfetzen (German), zerkleinern (German), κομματιάζω (kommatiázo) (Greek), tagliuzzare (Italian), strimle (Norwegian Bokmål), strimle (Norwegian Nynorsk), abocinar (Occitan), trissar (Occitan), drzeć (Polish), podrzeć (Polish), trinchar (Portuguese), измельча́ть (izmelʹčátʹ) (Russian), кромса́ть (kromsátʹ) (Russian), triturar (Spanish), trocear (Spanish), strimla (Swedish), kihatchî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-~HcC-ui5 Disambiguation of 'to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips': 58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0
  2. (transitive)
    (specifically)
    To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.
    Tags: specifically, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-BxjsvB5P
  3. (transitive)
    (specifically)
    (cooking) To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl.
    Tags: specifically, transitive Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-YUS~2wcB Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  4. (transitive)
    To separate (something) into small portions.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-sw2rz5zn
  5. (transitive)
    (figuratively, chiefly slang)
    To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash.
    Tags: figuratively, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-sSBvzZET
  6. (transitive)
    (figuratively, chiefly slang)
    (music) Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast.
    Tags: figuratively, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast): tiluttaa (Finnish), déchirer (French)
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-e2KyWg08 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast': 0 5 1 2 1 72 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 4 2
  7. (transitive)
    (figuratively, chiefly slang)
    (snowboarding, surfing) To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly.
    Tags: figuratively, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Snowboarding, Surfing
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-YkiRJnvK Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, snowboarding, sports, surfing
  8. (transitive)
    (figuratively, chiefly slang)
    (originally US) To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce.
    Tags: figuratively, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-lrmL64De Categories (other): American English
  9. (transitive)
    (archaic) To cut or sever (something) into two parts.
    Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-kScIHgfl
  10. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    To chop or cut (something) into pieces.
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-9e6mSCTc
  11. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    To cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something.
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-SOP314Zz
  12. (transitive)
    (obsolete)
    To prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.).
    Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-33yOymWg
  13. (intransitive)
    To become separated into small portions.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-rwI~D5pb
  14. (intransitive)
    (bodybuilding) To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Bodybuilding Translations (to reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition): tiputtaa (Finnish), fondre (French)
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-c5aQiL7W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3 Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition': 1 4 1 3 9 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 64 2
  15. (intransitive)
    (snowboarding, surfing, etc.) To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle.
    Tags: intransitive, usually Categories (topical): Snowboarding, Surfing
    Sense id: en-shred-en-verb-y6lIQGBk Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, snowboarding, sports, surfing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nerve-shredding, shredded [adjective], shredder, shredding [adjective, noun]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "text": "There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The Heroes of Soham …”, in Rail, number 948, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43",
          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "ounce"
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          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "些許"
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          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiēxǔ",
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          "word": "些许"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "一丁點"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīdīngdiǎn",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "一丁点"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "kus"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "hitunen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "kappale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "palanen"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Fitzel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Fitzelchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "winziges Stückchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnipsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnitzel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ruainne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "rimasuglio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kawałek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kusók",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кусо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "spår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tillstymmelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 9 9 6 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
          "word": "uns"
        }
      ]
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.",
        "A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc."
      ],
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          "narrow",
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        ],
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ],
        [
          "cut",
          "cut#Verb"
        ],
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          "torn off",
          "tear off"
        ],
        [
          "strip",
          "strip#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "strand",
          "strand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wisp",
          "wisp#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mist",
          "mist#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.",
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      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cooking",
          "orig": "en:Cooking",
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            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.",
        "A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-noun-k~SpBp8B",
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        [
          "long",
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        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
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        [
          "cut",
          "cut#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "torn off",
          "tear off"
        ],
        [
          "strip",
          "strip#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing#Noun"
        ],
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          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "peel",
          "peel#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "curls",
          "curl#Verb"
        ]
      ],
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        "A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.",
        "(cooking) A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls."
      ],
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        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "A piece of gold or silver lace or thread."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-noun-veZ0eDRO",
      "links": [
        [
          "gold",
          "gold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "silver",
          "silver#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "lace",
          "lace#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A piece of gold or silver lace or thread."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”)."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-noun-5tmDA~Q2",
      "links": [
        [
          "shard",
          "shard#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sherd",
          "sherd#English"
        ],
        [
          "broken",
          "broken#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "A tailor."
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        [
          "tailor",
          "tailor#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A tailor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ʃɹɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "parcalče",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "парцалче"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "碎布條"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suìbùtiáo",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "碎布条"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "útržek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "cár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "kaistale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "suikale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lambeau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lambiza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lambizo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lumpen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spáragma",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σπάραγμα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gézer",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גֶּזֶר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "segmen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "ngaku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "korâd",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "کراد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strzęp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kločók",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "клочо́к"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "loskút",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лоску́т"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "9 40 40 5 4 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "remsa"
    }
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nerve-shredding"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "shredded"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shredder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ],
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "schred, schredde, schrede, screde, shreade, shrede, shredde, shrid, (Early Middle English) screda, scradien, (Ormulum) shrædenn",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
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      "name": "nb..."
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "*(s)ker-",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
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      "form": "shreds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "shredding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shredded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shredded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-~HcC-ui5",
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        [
          "cut",
          "cut#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tear",
          "tear#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow#Adjective"
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        [
          "pieces",
          "piece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "strips",
          "strip#Noun"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nakǎsvam",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "накъсвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "tallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trinxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "triturar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trocejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiēsuì",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "切碎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "verscheuren"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "versnipperen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "repiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "silputa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "suikaloida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "couper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "déchiqueter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "dilacérer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "lacérer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "râper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trocear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "schreddern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "zerfetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "zerkleinern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kommatiázo",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "κομματιάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sparássō",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "σπαράσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "tagliuzzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "strimle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "strimle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "abocinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trissar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "drzeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "podrzeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trinchar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izmelʹčátʹ",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "измельча́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kromsátʹ",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "кромса́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "triturar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "trocear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "strimla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
          "word": "kihatchî"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-BxjsvB5P",
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          "destroy",
          "destroy"
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          "document",
          "document#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "read",
          "read#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "using",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "shredder",
          "shredder"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(specifically)",
        "To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder."
      ],
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        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cooking",
          "orig": "en:Cooking",
          "parents": [
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl."
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          "cooking",
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        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "peel",
          "peel#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "curl",
          "curl#Verb"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive)",
        "(specifically)",
        "(cooking) To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl."
      ],
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        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate (something) into small portions."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-sw2rz5zn",
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          "separate",
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        [
          "portions",
          "portion#Noun"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To separate (something) into small portions."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-26",
          "text": "Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, never wanted his customers to worry about shipping – about how much it cost, or about how long it would take – and he relentlessly shredded delivery times to make shipping incidental to the purchasing experience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash."
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      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-sSBvzZET",
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
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        [
          "large",
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        [
          "percentage",
          "percentage"
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        [
          "slash",
          "slash#Verb"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast."
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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          "rock",
          "rock music"
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        [
          "heavy metal",
          "heavy metal"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ],
        [
          "guitar",
          "guitar#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(music) Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast",
          "word": "tiluttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 1 2 1 72 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast",
          "word": "déchirer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Snowboarding",
          "orig": "en:Snowboarding",
          "parents": [
            "Winter sports",
            "Sports",
            "Winter activities",
            "Human activity",
            "Winter",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Seasons",
            "Human",
            "Nature",
            "Periodic occurrences",
            "All topics",
            "Time",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Surfing",
          "orig": "en:Surfing",
          "parents": [
            "Water sports",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly."
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          "snowboarding",
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        [
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          "surfing#Noun"
        ],
        [
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          "cut through"
        ],
        [
          "snow",
          "snow#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "snowboard",
          "snowboard#Noun"
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        [
          "surfboard",
          "surfboard#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ride",
          "ride#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track#Noun"
        ],
        [
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          "aggressively"
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        [
          "rapidly",
          "rapidly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(snowboarding, surfing) To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports",
        "surfing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-lrmL64De",
      "links": [
        [
          "convincingly",
          "convincingly"
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        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thrash",
          "thrash#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "trounce",
          "trounce#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(originally US) To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or sever (something) into two parts."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-kScIHgfl",
      "links": [
        [
          "sever",
          "sever"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "parts",
          "part#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(archaic) To cut or sever (something) into two parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Samuel Crook [i.e., Samuel Crooke], “The Moral Hypocrite is He, in whom Reason Putteth Religion out of Office”, in C[hristopher] B[arker], W[illiam] G[arret], editors, ΤΑ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΑ [TA DIAPHERONTA], or Divine Characters in Tvvo Parts, […], London: […] Adoniram Byfeild […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 40",
          "text": "Morality ſhreddeth ſinne as a garden knot; but Religion ſtubbeth it up by the roots.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Henry Hayman, “Carthage”, in Dialogues of the Early Church: […], London: Skeffington and Southwell, […], →OCLC, part IV (The Shore of the Harbour), page 117",
          "text": "How? speak more at length. Thou snippest off news as a housewife shreddeth leeks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To chop or cut (something) into pieces."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-9e6mSCTc",
      "links": [
        [
          "chop",
          "chop#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To chop or cut (something) into pieces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Matth[ew] Sutcliffe, “Of the Contrarietie of Their Discipline”, in A Treatise of Ecclesiasticall Discipline: […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Nevvberie, →OCLC, page 111",
          "text": "To call in queſtion the iuriſdiction of Archbiſhops, they affirme that no man is to take vpon him an office but hee that is called, as vvas Aaron: but they are not avvare, that the ſame poſition ſhreddeth avvay the vvilde autoritie of doctors, elders, conſiſtorie, conferences, & their abſurd and irregular Synodes, vvhich (as enemies in an aſſault enter the breach) vvould ſteale into the Church through the ruines thereof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1604, George Downame, “What Vsurie is”, in Lectures on the XV. Psalme: […], London: […] Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, […], →OCLC, page 194",
          "text": "[A]ll vſurie in it ovvne nature is biting, becauſe it biteth or ſhreddeth avvay ſome of the borrovvers ſubſtance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-SOP314Zz",
      "links": [
        [
          "lop",
          "lop#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "strip",
          "strip#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "branches",
          "branch#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-33yOymWg",
      "links": [
        [
          "prune",
          "prune#Verb"
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        [
          "trim",
          "trim#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree#Noun"
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        [
          "vineyard",
          "vineyard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To become separated into small portions."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-rwI~D5pb",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "To become separated into small portions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Bodybuilding",
          "orig": "en:Bodybuilding",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "8 4 10 10 7 5 1 0 8 1 4 1 11 3 5 1 0 1 4 4 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition."
      ],
      "id": "en-shred-en-verb-c5aQiL7W",
      "links": [
        [
          "bodybuilding",
          "bodybuilding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "competition",
          "competition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(bodybuilding) To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bodybuilding",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 1 3 9 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 64 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "word": "shreddy"
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    {
      "word": "screed"
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The Heroes of Soham …”, in Rail, number 948, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43",
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          "very",
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          "small",
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          "amount",
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          "word": "ounce"
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          "word": "modicum"
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          "cut",
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          "torn off",
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          "strip",
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          "cloth",
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          "strip",
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      "categories": [
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          "silver",
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      ],
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        [
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    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A tailor."
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A tailor."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "kǎsče",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "късче"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "parče",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "парче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fragment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "些許"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiēxǔ",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "些许"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "一丁點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīdīngdiǎn",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "一丁点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "kus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "hitunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "kappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "palanen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fitzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fitzelchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "winziges Stückchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnipsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnitzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruainne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "rimasuglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kawałek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kusók",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кусо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spår"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillstymmelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fragment of something; very small amount — see also particle, piece",
      "word": "uns"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "parcalče",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "парцалче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tirella"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "碎布條"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suìbùtiáo",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "碎布条"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "útržek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "cár"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "kaistale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "suikale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lambeau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lambiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lambizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lumpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spáragma",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σπάραγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gézer",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גֶּזֶר"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "segmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "ngaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "korâd",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "word": "کراد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strzęp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kločók",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "клочо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "loskút",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лоску́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a long, narrow piece cut or torn off — see also strip",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "remsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shred"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛd",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛd/1 syllable"
  ],
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      "word": "nerve-shredding"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "shredded"
    },
    {
      "word": "shredder"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "shredding"
    }
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        "3": "shreden"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "schred, schredde, schrede, screde, shreade, shrede, shredde, shrid, (Early Middle English) screda, scradien, (Ormulum) shrædenn",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skraudōn",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
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      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "form": "shreds",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "shredding",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "shredded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "form": "shredded",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "shred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "en-conj-simple",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "shred",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "past_ptc2": "shred",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips."
      ],
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        [
          "cut",
          "cut#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tear",
          "tear#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "pieces",
          "piece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "strips",
          "strip#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder."
      ],
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        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "read",
          "read#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "using",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "shredder",
          "shredder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(specifically)",
        "To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "peel",
          "peel#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "curl",
          "curl#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(specifically)",
        "(cooking) To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate (something) into small portions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "portions",
          "portion#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To separate (something) into small portions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-26",
          "text": "Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, never wanted his customers to worry about shipping – about how much it cost, or about how long it would take – and he relentlessly shredded delivery times to make shipping incidental to the purchasing experience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "percentage",
          "percentage"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock music"
        ],
        [
          "heavy metal",
          "heavy metal"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ],
        [
          "guitar",
          "guitar#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(music) Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Snowboarding",
        "en:Surfing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "surfing",
          "surfing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cut through",
          "cut through"
        ],
        [
          "snow",
          "snow#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "snowboard",
          "snowboard#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "surfboard",
          "surfboard#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ride",
          "ride#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "aggressively",
          "aggressively"
        ],
        [
          "rapidly",
          "rapidly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(snowboarding, surfing) To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports",
        "surfing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convincingly",
          "convincingly"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thrash",
          "thrash#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "trounce",
          "trounce#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively, chiefly slang)",
        "(originally US) To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or sever (something) into two parts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sever",
          "sever"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "parts",
          "part#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(archaic) To cut or sever (something) into two parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Samuel Crook [i.e., Samuel Crooke], “The Moral Hypocrite is He, in whom Reason Putteth Religion out of Office”, in C[hristopher] B[arker], W[illiam] G[arret], editors, ΤΑ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΑ [TA DIAPHERONTA], or Divine Characters in Tvvo Parts, […], London: […] Adoniram Byfeild […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 40",
          "text": "Morality ſhreddeth ſinne as a garden knot; but Religion ſtubbeth it up by the roots.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Henry Hayman, “Carthage”, in Dialogues of the Early Church: […], London: Skeffington and Southwell, […], →OCLC, part IV (The Shore of the Harbour), page 117",
          "text": "How? speak more at length. Thou snippest off news as a housewife shreddeth leeks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To chop or cut (something) into pieces."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chop",
          "chop#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To chop or cut (something) into pieces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1590, Matth[ew] Sutcliffe, “Of the Contrarietie of Their Discipline”, in A Treatise of Ecclesiasticall Discipline: […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Nevvberie, →OCLC, page 111",
          "text": "To call in queſtion the iuriſdiction of Archbiſhops, they affirme that no man is to take vpon him an office but hee that is called, as vvas Aaron: but they are not avvare, that the ſame poſition ſhreddeth avvay the vvilde autoritie of doctors, elders, conſiſtorie, conferences, & their abſurd and irregular Synodes, vvhich (as enemies in an aſſault enter the breach) vvould ſteale into the Church through the ruines thereof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1604, George Downame, “What Vsurie is”, in Lectures on the XV. Psalme: […], London: […] Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, […], →OCLC, page 194",
          "text": "[A]ll vſurie in it ovvne nature is biting, becauſe it biteth or ſhreddeth avvay ſome of the borrovvers ſubſtance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something."
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          "lop",
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        [
          "strip",
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        [
          "branches",
          "branch#Noun"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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        "To cut, lop, or strip (branches, etc.) off; also, to cut (a piece) from something."
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        "transitive"
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        "To prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.)."
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        [
          "prune",
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        [
          "trim",
          "trim#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree#Noun"
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        [
          "vineyard",
          "vineyard"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(obsolete)",
        "To prune or trim (a tree, a vineyard, etc.)."
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become separated into small portions."
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        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
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        "(intransitive)",
        "To become separated into small portions."
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Bodybuilding"
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      "glosses": [
        "To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition."
      ],
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        [
          "bodybuilding",
          "bodybuilding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fat",
          "fat#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "competition",
          "competition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(bodybuilding) To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition."
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "topics": [
        "bodybuilding",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Snowboarding",
        "en:Surfing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
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        [
          "surfing",
          "surfing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(snowboarding, surfing, etc.) To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle."
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        "sports",
        "surfing"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ʃɹɛd/",
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛd"
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-shred.ogg",
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        "Australia"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakǎsvam",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "накъсвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "tallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trinxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "triturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trocejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiēsuì",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "切碎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "verscheuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "versnipperen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "repiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "silputa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "suikaloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "couper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "déchiqueter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "dilacérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "lacérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "râper"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trocear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "schreddern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "zerfetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "zerkleinern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kommatiázo",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "κομματιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sparássō",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "σπαράσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "tagliuzzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "strimle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "strimle"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "abocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trissar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "drzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "podrzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izmelʹčátʹ",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "измельча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kromsátʹ",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "кромса́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "triturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "trocear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "strimla"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips",
      "word": "kihatchî"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast",
      "word": "tiluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to play (a musical instrument or a piece of music) very fast",
      "word": "déchirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition",
      "word": "tiputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition",
      "word": "fondre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shred"
}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "args": {
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      "form": "more shred",
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      "ipa": "/ʃɹɛd/",
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛd"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/En-au-shred.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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  ],
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}

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