screeing

Verb (1)

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

1. To traverse scree downhill.
   • We decided it would be fun to go down the face of the mountain screeing ("skiing" on scree).2006, Sean Swarner, Keep Climbing, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN

Verb (2)

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

1. To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.
   • They smelled the land before they saw it. A rich, dark odor of sweet earth, coming at them through a misty rain. Then seabirds appeared, crying and screeing.2003, Pete Hamill, chapter 38, in Forever: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN

Verb (3)

scree (third-person singular simple present screes, present participle screeing, simple past and past participle screed)

1. To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.
   • The crushing and screeing equipment owned by the TVA was transferred from job to job, and the availability of this equipment was one of the factors in determining who would produce the aggregate.1948, United States Tennessee Valley Authority, Concrete Production and Control: Tennessee Valley Authority Projects (Technical Report (Tennessee Valley Authority); no. 21), Washington, D.C....

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