screed
To rend, to shred, to tearTo rend, to shred, to tear.
Meaning
7 senses(Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated, transitive)To rend, to shred, to tear.
(Scotland, also, dated, figuratively, transitive)To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
(transitive)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.
(Scotland, intransitive)To become rent or torn.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland, humorous, intransitive, rare)To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland, intransitive, rare)To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland, humorous, obsolete, rare, transitive)To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English screde, Early Middle English screda, a variant of shreden, shrede (“toFrom Middle English screde, Early Middle English screda, a variant of shreden, shrede (“to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim”) [and other forms] (whence shred (verb)), from Old English scrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the noun screed.
Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh.
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Forms
screeds, screeding, screeded, screededSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons 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
See also
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