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screed

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/skɹiːd/ English

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noun

  1. A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
  2. A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
  3. A rent, a tear.
  4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.

verb

  1. To rend, to shred, to tear.
  2. To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
  3. 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.
  4. To become rent or torn.

noun

  1. A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
  2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

verb

  1. To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
  2. To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
  3. To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

adjective

  1. Strewn with scree.“We clambered up a screed slope.”

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