screed

Meanings

Plural: screeds

Noun

a long monotonous harangue
a long piece of writing
an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
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.
Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
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.
Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
A rent, a tear.
A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
The sound of something scratching or tearing.

Verb

To rend, to shred, to tear.
To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
To become rent or torn.
To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Adj

Strewn with scree.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak”) (whence shred (noun)), from Old English sċrēad, sċrēade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), from *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The English word is cognate with Old Frisian skrēd. Doublet of escrow, scroll, and shred.

Synonyms

admonition, condemnation, cut, diatribe, dithyramb, harangue, impugnation, j'accuse, jeremiad, philippic, polemic, rant, rip, screed, scrid, slanging match, strickle, tirade

Scrabble Score: 9

screed is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
screed is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
screed is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

screed is a valid Words With Friends word