shard

Shard — may refer to:* Sherd, a fragment of pottery, glass or stone * Elytron, a forewing found on some insect species * Shard London Bridge, a planned skyscraper * Meth, another word for the drug meth, reffering to the shard like crystals Popular… …   Wikipedia

shard — [ʃa:d US ʃa:rd] n also sherd [: Old English; Origin: sceard] a sharp piece of broken glass, metal etc shard of ▪ a shard of pottery …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Shard — (sh[aum]rd), n. A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Shard — (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See {Shear}, and cf. {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.] 1. A piece or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

shard — [shärd] n. [ME < OE sceard, akin to scieran, to SHEAR] 1. a fragment or broken piece, esp. of pottery; potsherd 2. Zool. a hard covering, as a shell, plate, scale, or elytron …   English World dictionary

shard — [ ʃard ] noun count a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or other hard substance …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

shard — (n.) O.E. sceard fragment, gap, from P.Gmc. *skardas, a pp. from the root of O.E. sceran to cut (see SHEAR (Cf. shear)). Cf. Du. schaard a flaw, a fragment, Ger. Scharte a notch, Dan. skaar chink, potsherd. Meaning fragment of …   Etymology dictionary

shard — ► NOUN ▪ a sharp piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, etc. ORIGIN Old English, «gap, notch, potsherd»; related to SHEAR(Cf. ↑shearer) …   English terms dictionary

shard|ed — «SHAHR dihd», adjective. having shards or elytra, as a beetle; coleopterous: »Sharded insects…vastly outnumber all the other forms of active life we see (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary

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shard — cow·shard; land·shard; shard; …   English syllables