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Definition of shred : 1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
3. of Shred
4. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
5. To lop; to prune; to trim.

Synonyms:

junk, ounce, ort, eat away, smidgin, hint, element, streak, mogul, shadow, spot, Aspen, rag, hoot, driblet, tittle, sprinkling, smidge, splash, landfill, heliskiing, nip, obliterate, cross-country skiing, skosh, dot, spark, trifle, tear, spatter, rag week, strain, molecule, downhill, peanuts, rip up, a bit, tad, big, tear up, remains, vandalize, sheet, scruple, tabloid, devastate, smack, snap, ravage, taster, corpuscle, destroy, fragment, luge, a little, smidgeon, rupture, smell, sample, shatter, dram, minim, scintilla, lick, ragtime, waste, garbage, ticket, tag, fraction, shade, e-waste, trash, binding, ruin, chairlift, rip, little, ray, soupçon, piece, rap, suspicion, tatter, jot, debris, rend, glimmer, damn, diddly, ace, tag end, litter, inner-tubing, mutilate

grain, atom, iota, smidgen, scrap, pittance, dab, particle, smithereen, crumb, bit, granule, touch, flyspeck, trace, modicum, speck, whit, dash, drop, mite, morsel

Usage examples:

• Or if one could say that you cherished a shred of loyalty for him who betrays it. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• It was a little difficult in this affair to keep a shred of dignity. - "The Dark Flower", John Galsworthy.
• So the next night, with the last shred of the dying old moon rising, she took some of the water in which she had revived the snake, put it in a bottle, and set out, accompanied by her cat. - "The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories", George MacDonald.