n. 1 scrap, fragment, bit, tatter, sliver, snippet, rag, remnant, chip, piece; atom, trace, whit, grain, jot or tittle, scintilla, trace, hint, suggestion, iota, speck We found shreds from his shirt caught on the thorn-bushes There isn't a shred of evidence to suggest that she killed him.
v. 2 fragment, tear (up), tatter, rip (up); destroy, demolish; throw away, dispose of, scrap, US trash At the news of the break-in, he dashed to his office and shredded the incriminating evidence