n. 25B6; noun
her dress was torn to shreds : TATTER, scrap, strip, ribbon, rag, fragment, sliver, (tiny) bit/piece.
not a shred of evidence : SCRAP, bit, speck, iota, particle, ounce, whit, jot, crumb, morsel, fragment, grain, drop, trace, scintilla, spot; informal smidgen.
25B6; verb shredding vegetables : CHOP FINELY, cut up, tear up, grate, mince, macerate, grind.