screed: Meaning and Definition of

screed

1. a long discourse or essay, esp. a diatribe.
2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
1. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
2. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
3. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
1. a tear or rip, esp. in cloth.
2. a drinking bout.

1. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.