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📝 A long rant 📏 A leveling strip 📏 To smooth concrete
to screed

to screed

8.0
To level a floor or concrete with a long straight tool so it is flat
  • verb
  • /skriːd/
  • Specialized
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  • Make sure to screed the area evenly to avoid any bumps in the floor.

Examples

  • To achieve a smooth finish, you need to screed the surface with a metal tool.

  • Talking priorities to someone who—judging by what gets posted here—spends literally all their time chasing the most out-there shit on the innertoobz and screeding over it is a waste of time, in my opinion.

    Blog text (10)

  • After you screed the concrete, it will be perfectly level for further work.

Synonyms

to level
vsto screed
81 3.7

To make land or a building flat with the ground

is specifically about making concrete flat with a straight edge
to grind down
vsto screed
2 6.1

Wear a surface away slowly by rubbing, or make someone very tired

is done on wet concrete with a dragging straight edge not by abrasion
to plane
vsto screed
1 7.5

To make a surface smooth by shaving thin layers of wood

uses a long straight edge across wet concrete rather than shaving
to strickle
vsto screed
  • Archaic
9.9

To smooth and level loose material with a straight edge

is the common method for concrete using a long straight edge

Antonyms

to roughen
2 4.2

To make a surface not smooth so it feels bumpy

Compounds

lengthy screed
  • Literature
8.3

A long angry piece of writing or speech that strongly criticizes something

How Smooth

to screed
  • Specialized
8.0
to level
81 3.7
to roughen
2 4.2

Surface Forms

screed infinitive
screeded past
screeded past participle
screeding present participle
screeds third person singular

Etymology

Screed as a verb comes from the same idea of using a 'strip' to smooth things, meaning to level or make a surface flat with a tool. So to screed is to smooth concrete or plaster by running a straight edge across it.