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Word: Screen
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin
skriːn
conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen
Short Definition:conceal, protect, or shelter person or thing with screen
Examples:- her hair swung across to screen her face
- a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by
show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme)
Short Definition:show film or video or broadcast
Examples:- the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease
Short Definition:test person or substance for presence or absence of disease
Examples:- outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes
Short Definition:pass substance through large sieve or screen
Examples:- granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down
project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.
Short Definition:project photograph or other image through transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as half-tone
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