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 fire screen

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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

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a drug screen, a genetic screen

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Various forms or formats of information display

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Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

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

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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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A large scarf.

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To filter by passing through a screen.

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Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

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To shelter or conceal.

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To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.

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The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.

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To present publicly (on the screen).

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The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.

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To fit with a screen.

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We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

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

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• pick

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

She unhooked the screen and pushed it out.

She looked from the computer screen to the phone with the flashing red light.

Gabe saw the screen light up with a text message.

The table top lit up with a blank grey screen and four dozen multi-hued buttons, with geometric symbols she assumed was writing.

An alert popped up on the screen before her as well as on her micro, and she opened it.

The screen door squealed as he opened it.

Wondering how much he should say, A'Ran's gaze went to another screen first, the one listing the details of their unsuccessful peace mission.

She pressed one button, then another, struggling to understand the symbols that popped up on the screen in response.

She reviewed the numbers that popped up on her screen.

It was packed with warriors facing a screen with A'Ran's calm, hard image displayed.

She stared at the screen.

A woman huddled over a screen spoke up.

Realizing she clenched the phone in her hand, she locked the screen and sat staring at the asphalt.

The highest-ranking military members and civilian staff members were crammed into the small center, staring at the scene on the screen before them.

Excited to see that even this world had video games, she sat in the chair behind the buttons and screen, studying all three in an attempt to figure out how the game worked.

Brady looked up from the radar imaging on the screen before him.

He copied something off the computer screen into a journal.

She glanced up at the screen, feeling uneasy about reading messages the dead man had sent.

He was peering closely at the people on the screen, as if trying to assess if there were any survivors.

She set the parameters and waited for the approval screen.

She waved at the screen.

Mr. Reynolds opened the screen door.

Her fingers closed around the screen door handle.

It was hard to believe the little nodule on the screen was actually a baby, but the doctor was certain.

The wooden planks on the old porch cracked a smart welcome and the screen door squealed with delight when she opened it.

The screen door squawked a protest as they entered the old house.

Larry sat before a Mac, pictures of the portal on the computer screen before him.

He reached for the screen door.

She'd learned the parts of a warship inside and out while learning the battle planning and looked for the configuration button among her options popping up on the screen.

There was a flash of light and what sounded like frying eggs that brought her gaze to the other screen.

Tim's face disappeared from the screen.

She leaned forward and slapped the pad, and Elise's grim face lit up the central screen.

She made her way to the desk before the central screen and leaned against it.

Lana crossed to the screen and touched it, bringing up details of the attacks.

She snatched it and swept past him, popping it open as she neared a wall covered in a titanium glass screen.

Tim was already on the large screen when Brady entered the comms center several hours later.

Dan handed the tracker to Elise, who tapped the screen, pensive.

She pulled her micro free and rested her wet thumb against it until the screen unlocked; it worked.

Lana pressed her thumb to the screen, relieved when the new info she'd entered popped up.

Charlie asked, tapping the screen of Elise's micro before handing it back.

The screen lit up in front of them, and the door closed.

Brady gazed at the screen in front of him, unable to decipher the symbols and colors.

He called another portal and strode through it to the house of the one brother he'd come to almost trust.  Kiki's feet were propped on a cast iron table while he gazed intently at the screen of his trusty iPad.

The screen door squealed open and a deep warm voice called her name.

Yully flashed across the screen, identifying who called.

The dog plunged from the forest as she dodged the closing screen door.

The screen door slammed as he left the house.

He opened the screen and walked in.

She tacked the note to the door and shut the screen.

His television show was playing on the large, flat screen television in the main living area.