Shredded
verbCut or tore something into long thin strips or small pieces, often the past tense of shredding documents.
How to spell shredded
8 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce shredded
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does shredded mean?
- verbCut or tore something into long thin strips or small pieces, often the past tense of shredding documents.
- adjectiveCut or torn into thin strips, as describing prepared food or material.
Shredded in a sentence
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verb
The accountant shredded every confidential file before the office move.
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adjective
The recipe calls for a cup of shredded cheese on top.
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verb
She shredded the old bank statements to protect her identity.
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adjective
He tossed some shredded carrot into the salad bowl.
Where does shredded come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This word goes straight back to Old English screade, which meant a cutting, a scrap, or a small piece snipped from something larger. That noun belonged to a wider Germanic family of words for cutting and paring, and a related verb developed meaning 'to cut into strips'. Over the centuries the spelling settled as 'shred', and the regular past tense and past participle were formed by adding the suffix and doubling the final consonant, giving 'shredded'. The doubling is the standard English pattern after a single short stressed vowel, the same rule that turns 'stop' into 'stopped'. Knowing that the base is the short, sharp word 'shred' is the easiest way to remember that you need two letter d's before the ending.
How the word is built
- shred (Old English screade: a cutting, piece)
- -ded (doubled d for the past tense/participle suffix)
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