Meaning

11 senses
  1. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.

    простыня́prostynjá, портя́нкаportjánka

    a long piece of writing

  2. (broadly)A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.

    Pamphlet, Schmähschrift, Tirade

  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.

    an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

  5. 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.

    Abziehlatte, Kartätsche

  6. A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

    Estrich

    стя́жка по́лаstjážka póla

  7. (Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated)A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.

  8. (Scotland, UK, dated, regional)A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.

  9. (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated)A rent, a tear.

  10. (Northern Ireland, Scotland, humorous)A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

  11. (Northern Ireland, Scotland)The sound of something scratching or tearing.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
piece of writing or speech, especially if long:
smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue:
tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect:
smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material:

Origin

From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip

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.

Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh.

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