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1.verbTo filter by passing through a screen."Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel."
2.verbTo shelter or conceal.
3.verbTo remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing."The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing."
4.verbTo present publicly (on the screen)."The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight."
5.verbTo fit with a screen."We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy."
6.verbTo examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
7.verbTo 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.
8.verbTo stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
9.verbTo determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
10.nounMesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door")."I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts."
11.nounThe process of checking or filtering."The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient."
12.nounThe showing of a film
13.nounThe examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
14.noun(in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
15.nounShielding
16.nounA method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
17.nounAction done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.