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shredding

/ˈʃrɛdɪŋ/

shreddingnoun

shreddings

Translations

déchiquetage

The shredding of confidential documents is essential for maintaining privacy.

Le déchiquetage des documents confidentiels est essentiel pour préserver la vie privée.

Additional translations

jeu de guitare ultra-rapideMusique, notamment en heavy metal.

lambeaux

Definitions

The act of tearing or cutting something into small pieces.

The shredding of confidential documents is essential for maintaining privacy.

A style of fast and intricate guitar playing, often used in heavy metal music.

The guitarist's shredding was the highlight of the concert, leaving the audience in awe.

Small strips or pieces produced by shredding.

Tiny shreddings of lettuce decorated the plate.

Synonyms

shreddinggerund / present participle

/ˈʃrɛd.ɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that shreds or is engaged in shredding, e.g., 'a shredding machine'.

Translations

déchiquetant

The shredding device can destroy a thousand pages per minute.

L’appareil déchiquetant peut détruire mille pages par minute.

Definitions

Serving to shred or engaged in shredding.

The shredding device can destroy a thousand pages per minute.

shredverb

shredding

Gerund

shredded

Past Simple

shredded

Past Participle

shredding

Gerund

/ʃrɛd/

Translations

déchiqueterDéchirer ou couper en petits morceaux.

She decided to shred the old documents before discarding them.

Elle a décidé de déchiqueter les vieux documents avant de les jeter.

démolirAu sens figuré : critiquer ou réduire en pièces de façon sévère.

The reviewers shredded the novel for its weak plot and shallow characters.

Les critiques ont démoli le roman pour son intrigue faible et ses personnages superficiels.

s’affinerS’emploie pour la perte de graisse corporelle et la définition musculaire ; registre de fitness.

He's been shredding for weeks to get ready for the bodybuilding show.

Il s’affine depuis des semaines pour préparer le concours de bodybuilding.

Additional translations

déchirerFamilier ; s’emploie aussi pour un jeu ou une performance très énergique, notamment à la guitare.

déchirerFamilier ; au sens de descendre une piste en snowboard, skateboard ou surf avec style et vitesse.

Definitions

To cut or tear into small pieces.

She decided to shred the old documents before discarding them.

To play a musical instrument, especially a guitar, in a fast and intense manner.

The guitarist began to shred during the solo, impressing the audience with his speed.

To ride a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard with great skill or enthusiasm, especially at high speed.

We can't wait to shred the slopes once the first snow falls.

To criticize, attack, or undermine something or someone harshly and thoroughly.

The reviewers shredded the novel for its weak plot and shallow characters.

To reduce body fat and increase muscle definition through diet and exercise; to become lean.

He's been shredding for weeks to get ready for the bodybuilding show.

Synonyms

Antonyms

shrednoun

Definitions

A small, thin piece that has been torn or cut from something.

He found a shred of paper on the floor.

A very small amount of something.

There wasn't a shred of evidence to support the claim.