| shred |
noun |
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip., In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle., of Shred, To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather., To lop; to prune; to trim. |
| shrew |
adjective |
Wicked; malicious., Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold., Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals., To beshrew; to curse. |