screed

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Synonyms: scree, creed, screen, screel, screwed, screek, screes, scried, spreed, screet, streed

Antonyms: scree, creed, screen, screel, screwed, screek, screes, scried, spreed, screet, streed

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Noun

1. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
2. A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
4. Senses relating to building construction and masonry. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface. A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
5. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
6. A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
7. A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
8. A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
9. A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
10. A rent, a tear.

Verb

1. To rend, to shred, to tear.
2. To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
3. To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
4. To become rent or torn.

Noun

1. A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

Verb

1. To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
3. To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Adjective

1. Strewn with scree.
   • We clambered up a screed slope.

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