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Definition scree

Etymology 1

Probably a back-formation from screes, from Old Norse skriða (“landslide, landslip”); compare skríða (“to glide”) (from Proto-Germanic *skr?þan? (“to crawl; to glide; to walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)). The word is cognate with Icelandic skriða (“avalanche; landslide, landslip; steep mountain- or hillside made up of gravel and loose rocks”).

Noun

scree (countable and uncountable, plural screes)

1. (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]
2. (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
3. (countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.

Verb

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

1. To traverse scree.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

scree (plural screes)

1. A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).

Verb

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.

Etymology 3

A variant of screed.

Verb

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.

Etymology 4

Apparently from screen.

Noun

scree (plural screes)

1. (Scotland) A coarse sieve.

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