Definition of "screed" in English

noun

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

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

3. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.

4. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.

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

6. (chiefly regional British, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.

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

verb

1. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To rend, to shred, to tear.

2. (transitive, Scotland, also figurative, dated) To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.

3. (transitive, construction, masonry) 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. (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.

noun

1. (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

verb

1. (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

2. (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.

3. (transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

adjective

1. Strewn with scree.

   • We clambered up a screed slope.