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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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iota
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
- (jot): In reference to a phrase in the New Testament: "until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law" (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /a????t?/
- Rhymes: -??t?
- (US) IPA(key): /a??o?t?/
Noun
iota (plural iotas)
- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
- There are twelve iotas on that page.
- A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Synonyms
- (jot): See Thesaurus:modicum
Translations
Anagrams
- Oita
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?j?.t?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?j?.ta/
- Hyphenation: io?ta
Noun
iota f (plural iotes)
- iota (Greek letter)
- iota (small amount)
Further reading
- “iota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “iota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “iota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “iota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?.ta/
Noun
iota m (plural iota)
- iota (Greek letter)
- jot, iota (negligible amount)
Derived terms
- d'un iota
Further reading
- “iota” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ôtai
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Noun
iota m (plural iotas)
- iota (Greek letter)
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Further reading
- “iota” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Hawaiian
Noun
iota
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Italian
Alternative forms
- jota (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?.ta/
- Rhymes: -?ta
- Hyphenation: iò?ta
Noun
iota m or f (invariable)
- The name of the Greek-script letter ?/?; iota
- (obsolete) Synonym of i lunga
Anagrams
- iato
Portuguese
Noun
iota m (plural iotas)
- iota (the ninth Greek letter: ?, ?)
Related terms
- jota
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?ota/, [i?o.t?a]
Noun
iota f (plural iotas)
- iota (Greek letter)
Further reading
- “iota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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