Past tense of shred
regular verb
The past tense of shred is shredded. The past participle is shredded or shred.
Forms of shred
| Base form (V1) | shred /ʃɹɛd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shredded |
| Past participle (V3) | shredded shred /ʃɹɛd/ |
| Present participle | shredding |
| Third person singular | shreds |
Shredded in a sentence
- Nigel, to whom a lie was an impossibility, had to admit that with his own hands he had shredded those august documents.1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How Nigel was Tried by the Abbot of Waverley”, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published...
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, never wanted his customers to worry about shipping – about how much it cost, or about how long it would take – and he relentlessly shredded delivery times to make shipping incidental to the purchasing experience.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
- All printed personal information must be shredded before it leaves this building.From the entry printed
- The food processor shredded the vegetables.From the entry processor
- After that, its material is largely shredded and mixed into interstellar space.2026 August 12, Jim Shelton, “A dying star offers a rare glimpse of how the universe recycles its raw materials”, in YaleNews, archived…. From the entry coherent
Meaning of shred
- noun A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
- noun A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
- noun A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
Questions about the past tense of shred
- What is the past tense of shred?
- The past tense of shred is shredded.
- What is the past participle of shred?
- The past participle of shred is shredded or shred.
- Is shred a regular or irregular verb?
- Shred is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shred (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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