Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
Shred-it — is a on site document destruction company, founded by the late Greg Brophy in 1988 and incorporated in 1989. The company is wholly owned by [http://www.securit.com Securit] , a private Canadian company with its headquarters located in Oakville,… … Wikipedia
Shred — soll unter UNIX und seinen Derivaten (wie GNU/Linux) sicheres Löschen von Daten auf Datenträgern ermöglichen. Dabei werden verschiedene Methoden wie mehrfaches Überschreiben mit Bitmustern oder Zufallswerten angewendet, welche eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
shred — shred; shred·cock; shred·der; shred·ding; shred·dy; … English syllables
Shred — Shred, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shred} or {Shredded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shredding}.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. scre[ a]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr?tan, G. schroten. See {Shred}, n.] 1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shred — Shred, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shred} or {Shredded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shredding}.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS. scre[ a]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr?tan, G. schroten. See {Shred}, n.] 1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shred — [ʆred] shredded PTandPPX shredding PRESPARTX verb [transitive] to cut documents into small pieces so that no one can read them: • Investigators retrieved documents that had been thrown away or shredded. * * * shred UK US /ʃred/ verb [T] ( dd ) … Financial and business terms
shred — [shred] n. [ME schrede < OE screade, akin to Ger & MDu schrot < IE * (s)kreu(t) (> L scrotum, SCROTUM) < base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR, HARVEST] 1. a long, narrow strip or piece made by cutting or tearing 2. a very small piece or… … English World dictionary
Shred — Shred, n. [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. scre[ a]de; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjo[eth]r a shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. {Screed}, {Scroll}, {Scrutiny}.] 1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. Shreds of tanned… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shred 2 — is an upcoming snowboarding film and a sequel to Shred that will be starring Tom Green and is currently filming at Big White Ski Resort in British Columbia, Canada. [ [http://tomgreen.com/ondemand/browser.php?video=251 tomgreen.com The Channel ]… … Wikipedia
Shred-it — GmbH Rechtsform Inc. kanadischen Rechts in Deutschland:Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[1] … Deutsch Wikipedia
shred — [n] tiny piece atom, bit, cantlet, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, ounce, part, particle, rag, ray, ribbon, scintilla, scrap, shadow, sliver, smidgen, snippet, speck, stitch, tatter, trace, whit; concept 831 Ant. lot shred [v] cut… … New thesaurus
