Screed vs Scried - What's the difference?
screed | scried |
A long discourse or harangue.
A piece of writing.
A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, for producing a smooth, flat surface on, for example, a concrete floor or a plaster wall.
A smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
(construction, masonry) To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
(construction, masonry) To use a screed (tool).
(scry)
To predict the future using crystal balls.
(obsolete) To descry; to see.
As verbs the difference between screed and scried
is that screed is (construction|masonry) to produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material while scried is (scry).As a noun screed
is a long discourse or harangue.screed
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
*(impassioned and angry discourse) diatribe, harangue, polemic, rant, tirade *(smooth flat layer of concrete or similar) slabVerb
(en verb)Quotations
* 1999 , U.S. Dept. of the Army, Concrete, masonry, and brickwork: a practical handbook , page 131 *: The sequence of the operation is: screed', vibrate, then ' screed again. If forms are in good alignment and firmly supported, and if the concrete has the correct workability,References
Anagrams
*scried
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *scry
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(scrying)Etymology 1
From (descry) < (etyl) decrien < Old French descrierVerb
- The fortune teller claimed she could scry [into] the future.
- (Spenser)