different between shred vs minced
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
shred From the web:
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- what shredded cheese is gluten free
- what shreds belly fat
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minced
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mynced, ymynced, y-mynsed, equivalent to mince +? -ed.
Adjective
minced (comparative more minced, superlative most minced)
- Finely chopped.
- Minutely subdivided.
- (figuratively) Weakened, extenuated.
Derived terms
- minced oath
Translations
Etymology 2
From mince +? -ed.
Verb
minced
- simple past tense and past participle of mince
minced From the web:
- what minced means
- what minced garlic means
- what's minced garlic
- what's minced meat
- what's minced onion
- what minced chicken
- what's minced pie
- what's minced beef
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