scree
To traverse scree downhillTo traverse scree downhill.
» Mrs. Screed was a mousey, anxious little woman.
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3 sensesTo traverse scree downhill.
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To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.
To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.
Examples
2 sentencesMrs. Screed was a mousey, anxious little woman.
Over the course of his screed, Putin claimed that Ukraine is a historic accident.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compProbably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”).
Onomatopoeic. However, some connection to a lost dialect term (Old Norse influence? cf. shriek, screech) from Old English sċrēon is not impossible.
A variant of screed.
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Forms
screes, screeing, screed, screedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle