screen

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Synonyms: scree, screed, screel, screek, creen, skreen, streen, screes, spreen, sareen, screven

Antonyms: scree, screed, screel, screek, creen, skreen, streen, screes, spreen, sareen, screven

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Noun

1. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
2. A material woven from fine [[wire]]s intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
3. {{lb|en|by analogy}} Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
4. A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed.
5. {{n-g|Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player}}
6. {{lb|en|Scotland|archaic}} A large [[scarf]].

Verb

1. To [[filter]] by passing through a screen.
2. {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} To filter.
3. To [[shelter]] or [[conceal]].
4. To [[remove]] information, or [[censor]] intellectual material from viewing. To [[hide]] the facts.
5. {{lb|en|film|television}} To [[present]] publicly (on the screen).
6. To [[fit]] with a screen.
7. {{lb|en|medicine}} To examine [[patient]]s or [[treat]] a [[sample]] in order to detect a chemical or a disease or to assess [[susceptibility]] to a disease.
8. {{lb|en|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.
9. {{lb|en|basketball}} To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
10. To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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