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- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- Chiefly in the plural form ': a large quantity.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
- A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
- A rent, a tear.
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From , Early , a variant of , (whence ),[3] from , from , see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the screed.[4]
- To rend, to shred, to tear.
- To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
- To use a to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
- To become rent or torn.
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- A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
- To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
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