screed
A piece of writing or a speech, especially if longA piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
Meaning
11 sensesA piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
простыня́prostynjá, портя́нкаportjánka
a long piece of writing
(broadly)A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
Pamphlet, Schmähschrift, Tirade
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.
an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
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
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
(Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated)A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
(Scotland, UK, dated, regional)A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
(Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated)A rent, a tear.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland, humorous)A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland)The sound of something scratching or tearing.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; stripFrom 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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