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screen

The correct spelling is screen.

How to pronounce screen

/skɹiːn/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
  2. 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. 3.(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
  4. 4.Various forms or formats of information display
  5. 5.Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

verb

  1. 1.To filter by passing through a screen.
  2. 2.To shelter or conceal.
  3. 3.To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
  4. 4.To present publicly (on the screen).
  5. 5.To fit with a screen.

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