Shred
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips. To ride aggressively. To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
Example sentence: I have no record of racism or antisemitism, there is no evidence to support it, not even a shred of evidence.
Rag
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.To haze, use physical violence in school setting.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.A ragged edge.A sail, or any piece of canvas.A piece of ragtime music.A newspaper, magazine.A card that appears to help no one.A low card
Example sentence: The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the Republican Daddies; and everyone hates the mommies, but wait, wait - I didn't intend to get into the pathos and thrill of being a Democratic Giants fan.