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Moderatescreen
The correct spelling is screen.
How to pronounce screen
/skɹiːn/
nounIPA: /skɹiːn/
Say it like: Scr-een
The correct spelling is screen. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. For example: "a fire screen"
Usage Examples
“a fire screen”
“a drug screen, a genetic screen”
“Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- 2.A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
- 3.(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- 4.Various forms or formats of information display
- 5.Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
verb
- 1.To filter by passing through a screen.
- 2.To shelter or conceal.
- 3.To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
- 4.To present publicly (on the screen).
- 5.To fit with a screen.
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