Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

2. (n.) In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.

3. (imp. & p. p.) of Shred.

4. (n.) To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.

5. (n.) To lop; to prune; to trim.