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scrap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrap?n?, *skrepan? (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”)
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- I have no materials — not a scrap.
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- pork scraps
- (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- (Britain, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- (transitive) To discard.
- (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- (transitive) To make into scrap.
Derived terms
- scrapper
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A fight, tussle, skirmish.
- We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- to fight
Translations
Anagrams
- APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp
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shred
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English shrede, shred, from Old English s?r?ad, s?r?ade, from Proto-Germanic *skraud? (“a cut, shred”). Doublet of escrow.
Noun
shred (plural shreds)
- A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
- In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:modicum.
Related terms
- screed
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English shreden, from Old English s?r?adian, from Proto-West Germanic *skraud?n, related to Proto-West Germanic *skraudan (“to cut up, shred”).
Verb
shred (third-person singular simple present shreds, present participle shredding, simple past shredded, past participle shredded or shred)
- To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- To reduce by a large percentage.
- (obsolete, transitive) To lop; to prune; to trim.
- (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
- (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
- (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
Derived terms
- shredder
Translations
References
Further reading
- shred in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- shred in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- herds, sherd
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