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[ skreed ] / skrid / SEE SYNONYMS FOR screed ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing. Building Trades. - a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
- a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
- a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth. Scot. - a tear or rip, especially in cloth.
- a drinking bout.
verb (used with or without object)Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth. Origin of screed1275–1325; Middle English screde torn fragment, irregular (with sc- for sh-) representing Old English scrēadeshred Words nearby screedscree, screech, screeching, screech owl, screechy, screed, screen, Screen Actors Guild, screenager, screen dump, screen grid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for screedNo word yet from Commentary (which has devoted a grand total of one screed to the hunger strikers thus far). Striking a Deal|Peter Beinart|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Professors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, author of the screed, The Israel Lobby, are right about that. The Arab Lobby Rules America|Alan M. Dershowitz|August 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST The media took notice: My screed appeared in New York magazine and on various gossip blogs. Mea Culpa, Kiddo|Marty Beckerman|August 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST The boy was wise enough to take advice from his new friends how best to write the screed. Plotting in Pirate Seas|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Mony's the time I hae ettled to send ye a screed, but there was aye something that cam' i' the gait. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin Sir Donald received a marked copy of the paper containing this screed, but concealed it from his daughter. Oswald Langdon|Carson Jay Lee Stephen read this screed to the end, then crumpled it in his fist and threw it angrily on the floor. Cap'n Warren's Wards|Joseph C. Lincoln And he knew her—the Her of the screed brought only that day by Ali. The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for screed
nouna long or prolonged speech or piece of writing a strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a surface to act as a guide to the thickness of the cement or plaster coat to be applied a mixture of cement, sand, and water applied to a concrete slab, etc, to give a smooth surface finish Scot a rent or tear or the sound produced by this Word Origin for screedC14: probably variant of Old English scrēade shred Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to screedseries, file, table, calendar, poll, ballot, archive, index, menu, program, draft, inventory, dictionary, schedule, tally, catalog, ticket, account, bill, agenda |