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(verb) examine methodically; test for suitability |
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Related Words: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
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(verb) prevent from entering, as of light |
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Synonyms: block out |
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Related Words: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude, shade |
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(verb) project onto a screen for viewing; of films |
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Related Words: show |
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(verb) examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" |
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Synonyms: screen out, sieve, sort |
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Related Words: choose, pick out, select, take |
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(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" |
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Synonyms: test |
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Related Words: check |
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(noun) a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors for protection (especially against insects) |
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Related Words: fire screen, fireguard, mosquito net, protection, protective covering, smoke screen, windscreen, windshield |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" |
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Synonyms: concealment, cover, covert |
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Related Words: blind, camouflage, covering, shoji, stalking-horse |
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(noun) a decorative frame or panel serving to divide a space |
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Related Words: altarpiece, divider, partition, purdah, reredos, rood screen |
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(noun) the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which an electronically created image is formed |
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Synonyms: CRT screen |
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Related Words: background, computer display, computer screen, desktop, display, screen background |
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(noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
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Synonyms: projection screen, silver screen |
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Related Words: surface, wide screen |
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(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
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Synonyms: shield |
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Related Words: protect |
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(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff |
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Synonyms: riddle |
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Related Words: sieve, sift, strain |
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(noun) something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" |
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Synonyms: blind |
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Related Words: blinder, blinker, curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, protection, protective covering, shutter, window blind, winker |
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(noun) a door that is a screen to keep insects out of a building; "he heard the screen slam as she left" |
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Synonyms: screen door |
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Related Words: door |
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(noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
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Synonyms: sieve |
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Related Words: riddle, sifter, strainer |
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