Word Finder - screened

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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.

A small well screened plot can be very private indeed.

In the mid-1980s, Wessex Films was producing two revues a term that were regularly screened to audiences of over 150.

Cable - This is a 4 core fully screened, cable with protective outer sheath suitable for direct burial.

All the families had a woodshed halfway up the garden, and behind the woodsheds, discreetly screened by hedges, were the toilets.

The eyes are closed, the maintenance of posture by active contraction is replaced by the recumbent pose which can be maintained by static action and the mere mechanical consistence of the body, the ears are screened from noise in the quiet chamber, the skin from localized pressure by a soft, yielding couch.

The logos and lettering are screened on.

Owing to the beauty of its site and the equability of its climate, and to its being screened by lofty hills on the north, east and west, and open to the sea-breezes of the south, it has a high reputation as a winter residence.

The valleys and ridges of eastern Tennessee screened him as he rapidly marched on Louisville and Cincinnati.

Meade was thus able to move promptly, Lee was compelled to meet him, and the Army of the Potomac began to take up its position on Pipe Creek, screened by Generals Reynolds and Buford at Gettysburg (q.v.).

The barbaric elements were judiciously screened from view as a "mystery"; they were, indeed, here and there explicitly disavowed even by the initiated.

This, which was carried out by the united armies and by reinforcements from France, while Turenne's cavalry screened them by bold demonstrations on the Tauber, led to nothing less than the conquest of the Rhine Valley from Basel to Coblenz, a task which was achieved so rapidly that the Army of France and its victorious young leader were free to return to France in two months from the time of their appearance in Turenne's quarters at Breisach.

The aggregate should be the best obtainable and of different sizes, the stones being freshly crushed and screened to pass through a -'s in.

On Blackdown, closely screened by plantations, Aldworth, built for Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who died here i 1892.

Their new stronghold, screened by mountains and forests, was unassailable by cavalry or artillery, but admirably suited to the light-armed Uskoks, whose excellence lay in guerilla warfare.

The harbour is screened from south-westerly gales by the isle of Sanday.

In 1900-1901 Major Walter Reed (1851-1902), a surgeon in the United States army, proved by experiments on voluntary human subjects that the infection was spread by the Stegomyia mosquito,' and the prevention of the disease was then undertaken by Major William C. Gorgas - all patients being screened and mosquitoes practically exterminated.'

The chancel is the property of the duke of Norfolk and is screened from the rest of the building, although in 1880 this exercise of right by the owner was made the subject of an action at law and subsequent appeal.

Barras and Rewbell were notoriously corrupt themselves and screened corruption in others.

The demon lord, Darkyn, circled the shape-shifting demon, looking for any signs its true nature hadn't been completely screened by the combination of its own skill and the injections.

I screened this lady and made sure she's not going to try to steal your cooking secrets or a plant for the paparazzi or something.

We will also endeavor to get the winning films screened on television.

Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States.

The movie was screened without a certificate in June at the Irish Film Center, which has previously shown films banned by the censor.

One hypothetical cohort was screened for cancer until a predetermined age, representing the base case.

In 1958 its sponsored movie in 16mm color about the breeding of welsh corgis was screened privately for the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

The noisy M1 corridor passes through, with many of the slopes visually screened by planting.

Festival organizers have confirmed England's quarter final clash with Portugal will be screened on the festival organizers have confirmed England's quarter final clash with Portugal will be screened on the festival site on Thursday night.

Patients were also screened for normal hepatic and renal functions.

Initially, a mutants will be screened for a combination of photosystem I impairment and a cellular iron homeostasis defect.

Best in a screened case but will work with slight hum in plastic sandwich box.

Atomic or molecular transitions are often induced by the screened Coulomb potentials of atoms or partially ionized ions.

The original site of the old lamppost had been screened by the residents with a tree being planted.

These genes are often screened for somatic mutations only in the region most likely to contain mutations.

Spoof American news broadcast The Daily Show is to be screened on Channel 4's new digital offshoot More4.

His eyes, looking serenely and steadily at Rostov, seemed to be veiled by something, as if screened by blue spectacles of conventionality.

When Michael Ivanovich returned to the study with the letter, the old prince, with spectacles on and a shade over his eyes, was sitting at his open bureau with screened candles, holding a paper in his outstretched hand, and in a somewhat dramatic attitude was reading his manuscript-- his "Remarks" as he termed it--which was to be transmitted to the Emperor after his death.

There were stars in the sky and the new moon shone out amid the smoke that screened it.

The Paul Hogan Show itself was actually a repackaging of material first screened on Network Nine in Australia in 1977.

However, there is no need for DSI wires to be screened or segregated in any special way from power or other cables.

Carefully screened adoptions are usually a large part of what the rescue does.

From delicately screened verses of scripture to clever plays on words, there are dozens of Christian teen clothing options for today's teen to look unique and be proud of their faith.

For an informal wedding, sheet cakes with screened or airbrushed Nightmare images would also work well.

If you find that you can't enjoy the kinds of activities that you used to and the symptoms last for 14 days or more, you may need to see a doctor to be screened for depression.

While the movie has not yet been completed, 30 minutes of footage was screened at Cannes.

Dogs that are bred should be screened for any known problems in the breed, and only dogs and bitches with excellent ratings should be bred.

It needs a warm, well-drained soil and rich feeding, and is safest screened from the morning sun.

They should always, if possible, be planted near trees-near enough to be screened from the sun for a few hours a day.

An outdoor shed or screened in porch would work well for this.

Trex reclaimed product resources are closely screened for high quality standards before being accepted by a Trex plant for manufacture.

A patio room is another name for a screened porch.