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A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

(quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.

(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.

(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.

{{n-g|Various forms or formats of information display}}

The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

# (by extension) A room in a cinema.

The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.

(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

(figurative) A disguise; concealment.

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(American football) (screen pass).

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.

(archaic) A large scarf.

To filter by passing through a screen.

To shelter or conceal.

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

(television) To present publicly (on the screen).

To fit with a screen.

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

(molecular biology) To 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.

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.