different between screed vs document

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA^(key): /sk?i?d/
• (General American, Scotland) IPA^(key): /sk?id/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak”) (whence shred (noun)), from Old English s?r?ad, s?r?ade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraud? (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), from *skraudan? (“to cut up, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The English word is cognate with Old Frisian skr?d.

Noun

screed (plural screeds)

1. (chiefly Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated) A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred. [from mid 14th c.]

   Synonym: scrid
2. (chiefly regional Britain, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
3. (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) A rent, a tear.

   Synonyms: cut, rip
4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
5. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. [from late 18th c.]

   Synonyms: harangue, polemic, rant, tirade, diatribe; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
6. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
8. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
   1. 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.
   2. 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.

      Synonym: strickle
   3. A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

Derived terms

• floating screed

Related terms

• shred

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English screde, Early Middle English screda, a variant of shreden, shrede (“to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim”) [and other forms] (whence shred (verb)), from Old English scr?adian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudan? (“to cut up, shred”), see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the noun screed.

Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded)

1. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To rend, to shred, to tear.

   Synonyms: cut, rip
2. (transitive, Scotland, also figuratively, dated) To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
3. (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
4. (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.

Translations

Etymology 3

Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh.

Noun

screed (plural screeds) (Northern Ireland, Scotland)

1. (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

Translations

Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded) (Northern Ireland, Scotland, rare)

1. (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
3. (transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

Translations

Etymology 4

From scree (“loose, stony debris”) +? -ed.

Adjective

screed (not comparable)

1. Strewn with scree.

Translations

References

Further reading

• screed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Melanie & Mike” (20 July 1998) , “Spotlight on … Screed”, in Take Our Word for It?^[2], archived from the original on 3 July 2017.

Anagrams

• Creeds, ceders, creeds

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: d?'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: d?'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/
  • (US): enPR: dä'kyo?om?nt, IPA^(key): /?d?kj?m?nt/

Noun

document (plural documents)

1. An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
2. Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
3. (computing) A file that contains text.
4. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
5. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.

Hyponyms

• here document
• Web document

Derived terms

• document-style
• here-document

Related terms

Translations

References

• document on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

document (third-person singular simple present documents, present participle documenting, simple past and past participle documented)

1. To record in documents.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

Translations

Derived terms

• documentation

References

• document in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /do.ku?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /du.ku?men/

Noun

document m

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

Further reading

• “document” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “document” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “document” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “document” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.ky?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: do?cu?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

document n (plural documenten, diminutive documentje n)

1. document

   Synonym: bewijsstuk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dokument
• ? Indonesian: dokumen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.ky.m??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: documents

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document
2. (computing) file

Derived terms

• documenter

Further reading

• “document” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum. Attested from the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?kymen/

Noun

document m (plural documents)

1. document

Related terms

• documentar

References

Piedmontese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duky?m??t/

Noun

document m

1. document

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French document, Italian documento, Latin documentum.

Noun

document n (plural documente)

1. document