noun
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
Various forms or formats of information display
(figurative) A disguise; concealment.
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
(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.
(Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
verb
To filter by passing through a screen.
To shelter or conceal.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
To fit with a screen.
(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
(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.
(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
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