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: The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy.
Tatter
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.A person engaged in tatting.