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screed
[ skreed ]
noun
- a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
- Building Trades.
- a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
- a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
- a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
- British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
- Scot.
- a tear or rip, especially in cloth.
- a drinking bout.
verb (used with or without object)
- Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.
screed
/ skriːd /
noun
- a long or prolonged speech or piece of writing
- a strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a surface to act as a guide to the thickness of the cement or plaster coat to be applied
- a mixture of cement, sand, and water applied to a concrete slab, etc, to give a smooth surface finish
- a rent or tear or the sound produced by this
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of screed1
C14: probably variant of Old English scrēade shred
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Example Sentences
So that's all gross and evil — but it's not entirely clear how much legal weight this screed has.
From Salon
The likely future Hall of Famer then went on a screed against supposedly lax food regulations in the United States and promoted RFK Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" platform.
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The short screed calls healthcare CEOs "parasites" and says that people like Thompson "had it coming."
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While delving into Lee’s screed, we should keep in mind that he’s a leader of the cabal with the knives out for Social Security.
From Los Angeles Times
The El Paso shooter, Patrick Crusius, expressed similar views in his own screed.
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