different between shred vs pulverise
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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pulverise
English
Alternative forms
- pulverize (American)
Etymology
Borrowed from French pulvériser, from Latin pulverizo, pulverizare, from pulvis (“powder”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised)
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
Synonyms
- pulver (archaic)
Translations
See also
- nebulize
- vaporize
Anagrams
- prelusive, repulsive
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