shredding
Cutting into strips
Shredding is the act of tearing or cutting something into strips or small pieces.
Paper shredders destroy documents for security.
In cooking, you shred cheese or cabbage.
In music, shredding means playing guitar with extreme speed and technical virtuosity: He was shredding on that solo.
In skiing, snowboarding, and skateboarding, to shred is to perform aggressively and skillfully: We spent the weekend shredding fresh powder.
Cutting into portions
- dicingCutting into cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- choppingCutting into pieces
- shearingCutting away fleece
julienning · grating · slivering · carving · paring · snipping · hacking · cleaving
U-shaped ramp for tricks
- terrain parkSlope with built obstacles
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- skateboardingSport on wheeled plank
snowboarding · surfing · wakeboarding · vert ramp · kickflip · gnarly · sick · stoked
Quality of protecting secrets
- cross-cutCut perpendicular to grain
- papersOfficial written records
- securityProtection from threat
- privacyFreedom from observation
destruction · compliance · data protection · sensitive information · identity theft · recycling · pulping · waste management
Torn or very muscular
- leanLacking fat; incline
- definitionStatement of meaning
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- bodybuildingMuscle enlargement for appearance
abs · muscle · vascularity · body fat · toned · gym · bulking · competition prep
slicing
Cutting into portions
shearing · julienning · grating · slivering · carving · paring · snipping · hacking · cleaving · sectioning
halfpipe
U-shaped ramp for tricks
- terrain parkSlope with built obstacles
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
skateboarding · snowboarding · surfing · wakeboarding · vert ramp · kickflip · gnarly · sick · stoked · powder
confidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
privacy · destruction · compliance · data protection · sensitive information · identity theft · recycling · pulping · waste management · legal requirements
ripped
Torn or very muscular
- leanLacking fat; incline
- definitionStatement of meaning
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
bodybuilding · abs · muscle · vascularity · body fat · toned · gym · bulking · competition prep · fitness
riffs
Repeated melodic figures
tapping · arpeggios · metal · legato · Steve Vai · virtuoso · neoclassical · speed · distortion · whammy bar
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- recyclingrecycle, recycling, recycling bin, recycle bin, recycling bins
- document servicesprinting, copying, scanning, faxing, laminating
- office equipment featuresduplex printing, collating, stapling, scanning, faxing
- paper handlingfolding, cutting, stapling, binding, collating
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
shreddingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
protecting · conserving · maintaining · safeguarding · archiving
shreddingassembling
Fitting parts together
constructing · building · piecing together · mending · reconstructing
shreddingfumbling
Clumsy, uncoordinated handling
struggling · floundering · stumbling · failing · botching
- paper shreddingCutting documents into pieces
- document shreddingCutting papers into ribbons