Screed

Quick meaning: Screed is a noun meaning A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
2. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
3. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
4. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To rend, to shred, to tear.
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.

Example Sentences

"Weel done!" cried Mrs. Smith. "I trow ye gae her a screed o' your mind!"

I see it's three o'clock in the morning and I've written whole screeds when I only intended to write a short note!

It uses a lot of footage of Japanese actors, and screeds of character text, making it unlikely to see a European release.

Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae him a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.

Word Forms

• screeds
• screeding
• screeded

Synonyms for screed

Depending on context, synonyms include harangue, polemic, rant, tirade, diatribe, admonition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tirade, scrid, shred, scrimption, scree, scraugh.

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