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SHRED [17 records]

Record 1 2025-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology of Communication
  • Psychological Warfare
  • National and International Security
DEF

The act of purposely changing, distorting, or controlling information to change the information environment.

CONT

Authoritarian governments use information manipulation to shred the fabric of free and democratic societies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie de la communication
  • Guerre psychologique
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
DEF

Fait de modifier, de déformer ou de contrôler délibérément l'information pour changer l'environnement de l'information.

CONT

Les gouvernements autoritaires utilisent la manipulation de l'information pour anéantir la cohésion sociale des sociétés libres et démocratiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
CONT

"Cocoa tea" of Germany and "miserables" of Ireland are... articles of commerce, and consist of cacao busks, in powder or shred the infusion of which in boiling water is drunk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
OBS

Le «thé de cacao» des Allemands et des miséreux d'Irlande est un article de commerce : il se compose d'écorces de cacao en poudre qu'on fait infuser dans de l'eau bouillante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
CONT

A push-type or pull-type lawn sweeper is a relatively inexpensive way to collect lawn waste. A sweeper is old technology, but it's still effective for many types of lawn waste. The rotating brush will pick up grass clippings and most leaves. It will not dig small leaves out of turf, nor will it handle all types of large leaves. It may plug up with some types of pine needles. It will not shred or compress lawn waste.

PHR

Towed lawn sweeper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
CONT

Balayeuse à feuilles et à gazon. Balayeuse polyvalente pour le ramassage des feuilles, du gazon et des détritus pour tracteur jusqu'à 30 CV. Caractéristiques Techniques [:] - Balayeuse arrière pour tracteur jusqu'à 30 CV - Entraînement cardan - Déchargement manuel du ramasseur - Peut être traînée ou soulevée - Capacité de la benne : 700 litres - Largeur de travail : 130 cm - Largeur totale : 166 cm - Diamètre du balai : 36cm - Poids : 188 kgs.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A type of machine used to shred stalks and trash in the field to allow easier working of the ground.

CONT

A rotary beater consists of a set of hammers or flails attached to the rotor about every two inches along the axis. The axis of the beater runs parallel to the row for shredding row stalks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maquinaria agrícola
  • Labores de cultivo (Agricultura)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 5 2004-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Cycling
CONT

Written for beginners & experts alike, this book is a must for all tele-skiers who really want to shred!

CONT

With the new section on snowboarding, he tells the snowboarders the best places to shred.

CONT

It's true, the Euros don’t dive into the off-piste, and so there was [a lot] for us to shred.

OBS

Back by popular demand, this trip is always full of boarders and skiers ready to shred the mountain.

OBS

Term may apply to skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Cyclisme
CONT

Quel est son 2ème sport? Le ski alpin, parce qu'il peut pratiquer le Hors Piste.

CONT

La Grave-La Meije offre un domaine skiable unique au monde avec 2150 m de dénivelé et permet de pratiquer le hors-piste dans un décor grandiose.

OBS

Termes peuvent s'appliquer au ski, à la planche à neige et au vélo hors-piste.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
DEF

The area on the sides of a loaf of bread, just above the pan, where the dough rises in the oven before the crust is formed.

CONT

The loaf should have a uniform smooth break with a well defined shred on all sides.

OBS

This term refers to the rupture or separation that occurs in the crust of the loaves where the top breaks away from the sidewalls [of the loaves] during the initial stages of baking. The term shred specifically refers to the vertical streaking that appears at the break.

OBS

[A] desirable shred is even and unbroken.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
DEF

... the rupture or separation that occurs in the crust of the loaves where the top breaks away from the sidewalls [of the loaves] during the initial stages of baking.

OBS

The term shred specifically refers to the vertical streaking that appears at the break.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
OBS

Critères d'inspections du pain.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A machine used to shred chips in a wood preparation area of a pulp mill. It is equipped with rows of square-ended hammers that are pivoted to a steel disk held between spacing rings and form a rotor on a shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Type de déchiqueteuse munie de marteaux rotatifs oscillants qui pressent la matière ligneuse contre des couteaux fixes.

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
OBS

is used to clear brush, shred stalks and mow grass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
OBS

Renseignement fourni par la Compagnie Massey Ferguson.

Spanish

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Record 10 1989-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
CONT

Loaves may be moulded on the simplest type of mechanical moulder where the dough piece is sheeted by a set of steel rollers. The grain is finer than hand moulded loaves and the break and shred is noticeably improved. This type of moulding technique is used in most retail and in-store bakeries; it could be used in larger bakeries too.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skin Appendages
  • Personal Esthetics
DEF

a shred of eponychium on a proximal or lateral nail fold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phanères
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
DEF

(...) petits lambeaux détachés de la cuticule des ongles et de l'épiderme voisin.

Key term(s)
  • petites peaux

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
OBS

(to shred dried cod)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

(écorner la morue sèche) expression notée dans un lot de recettes d'origine portugaise.

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Straight or curved tooth, mounted on a rotor, to pick-up logging residue and shear it against fixed knives or shred it against an anvil.

CONT

... comprises additional cutting knives mounted at the base of a slot through which the pick-up arms pass ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Dent droite ou incurvée, montée sur un rotor, qui ramasse les résidus d'exploitation et peut aussi servir à les couper ou à les broyer.

CONT

Construit avec un rotor muni de 15 doigts de ramassage disposés sur trois rangées, le prototype actuel mesure 12 m de longueur par 4 m de largeur.

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Hammer hog designed to shred bark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Broyeur à marteaux conçu pour le broyage des écorces.

Spanish

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Record 15 1983-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
OBS

The verbs "to grind", "to mill", and "to pulverize" are often used as synonyms of "to shred".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
OBS

Réduire en parcelles très petites, par pression ou choc. Le terme "broyer" comprend les deux notions exprimées en anglais par les termes "to shred" et "to grind".

Spanish

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Record 16 1980-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
OBS

shred : A long narrow strip cut or torn off.

OBS

shred(v.) : To come apart in or break up into shreds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Machine servant à fragmenter.

Spanish

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Record 17 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Earthmoving
CONT

Tree-shredding machine... a type of machine that has been used to fell trees and other vegetation, and to chop or shred the material to such a degree that it may be left where it is felled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Terrassement
CONT

Les désintégrateurs Létourneau. Ce sont des engins géants [...] Ils pèsent 140 tonnes [...] Leur but est de détruire et broyer les forêts non productives sur de grandes surfaces.

Spanish

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