Word Finder - screen

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A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

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A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

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(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.

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Various forms or formats of information display

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(figurative) A disguise; concealment.

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Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

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(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

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(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

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(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.

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(Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.

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To filter by passing through a screen.

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To shelter or conceal.

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To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

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(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

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To fit with a screen.

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(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

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(molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.

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(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

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To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.