shred
/ʃɹɛd/ noun C1- A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount. · There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.
- 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.
- A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
Plural shreds
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For Heaven’s sake don’t get started on a new problem when your nerves are all in shreds.”
The cut of his clothes would have made him pass for an elegant man, if those clothes had not been torn to shreds; still they did not show signs of wear, and the fine cloth, beneath the careful hands of the prisoner, soon recovered its gloss in the parts which were still perfect, for the wearer tried his best to make it assume the appearance of a new coat.
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