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screening

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Screen  \Screen\  (skr[=e]n),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Screened};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Screening}.] 
  1.  To  provide  with  a  shelter  or  means  of  concealment;  to 
  separate  or  cut  off  from  inconvenience,  injury,  or  danger; 
  to  shelter;  to  protect;  to  protect  by  hiding;  to  conceal; 
  as  fruits  screened  from  cold  winds  by  a  forest  or  hill. 
 
  They  were  encouraged  and  screened  by  some  who  were 
  in  high  commands.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  To  pass,  as  coal,  gravel,  ashes,  etc.,  through  a  screen  in 
  order  to  separate  the  coarse  from  the  fine,  or  the 
  worthless  from  the  valuable;  to  sift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  screening 
  n  1:  the  display  of  motion  picture  [syn:  {showing},  {viewing}] 
  2:  metal  or  plastic  mesh  fabric 
  3:  the  act  of  concealing  the  existence  of  something  by 
  obstructing  the  view  of  it  "the  cover  concealed  their 
  guns  from  enemy  aircraft"  [syn:  {cover},  {covering},  {masking}]




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