not a shred of evidence

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• 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 — ► NOUN 1) a strip of material that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger. 2) a very small amount: not a shred of evidence. ► VERB (shredded, shredding) ▪ tear or cut into shreds. ORIGIN Old English, related to SHROUD(C …   English terms dictionary

• shred — 01. The carrots and cabbage should be well [shredded] before being added to the salad. 02. All documents must be [shredded] for reasons of privacy. 03. Investigators were sifting through [shredded] documents for evidence. 04. We stuffed the bag… …   Grammatical examples in English

• evidence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abundant, ample, considerable, extensive, plentiful, significant, substantial, sufficient, widespread ▪ There i …   Collocations dictionary

• evidence — 1 / evidFns/ noun 1 (U) facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something exists or is true (+ of/for): evidence of life on other planets | evidence that: There s some evidence that a small amount of alcohol isgood for you. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shred — [[t]ʃre̱d[/t]] shreds, shredding, shredded 1) VERB If you shred something such as food or paper, you cut it or tear it into very small, narrow pieces. [V n] They may be shredding documents... [V n] Finely shred the carrots, cabbage and cored… …   English dictionary

• shred — 1 noun 1 (C) a small thin piece that is torn or cut roughly from something (+ of): a shred of cloth | shreds of dried coconut | tear/rip/cut sth to shreds: Jackie was so mad with Tom she tore all his letters to shreds. 2 in shreds a) torn in many …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shred — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small thin piece of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, thin ▪ tattered ▪ the tattered shreds of their flag PREPOSITION ▪ in …   Collocations dictionary

• shred — I UK [ʃred] / US noun [countable] Word forms shred : singular shred plural shreds 1) [usually plural] a long thin piece that was cut or torn from something shred of: shreds of newspaper 2) [often singular] a very small amount of something (not) a …   English dictionary

• shred — shred1 [ ʃred ] noun count 1. ) usually plural a long thin piece that was cut or torn from something: shred of: shreds of newspaper 2. ) often singular a very small amount of something: (not) a shred of something: There s not a shred of evidence… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evidence — ev|i|dence1 W1S3 [ˈevıdəns] n 1.) [U] facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true evidence of ▪ At present we have no evidence of life on other planets. evidence for ▪ There is no evidence for these claims. evidence that ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English