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    [Verb]  | "screen" 


    1: to guard from injury or danger

    2: to give shelter or protection to with or as if with a screen

    3: to separate with or as if with a screen; also : to shield (an opponent) from a play or from view of a play


    Origin: 1611 ;

    [Verb]  | "pre*screen" | \ ˌprē-ˈskrēn \


    1: to screen (someone or something) in a preliminary way

    2: to show a preliminary screening of (something, such as a film)


    Origin: 1923 ;

    [Noun]  | "screened porch" 


    1: a porch that has walls made of screens

    [Noun]  | "silk screen" 


    1: a stencil process in which coloring matter is forced onto the material to be printed through the meshes of a silk or organdy screen so prepared as to have pervious printing areas and impervious nonprinting areas; also : a print made by this process


    Origin: 1930 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "screen out" 


    1: to remove (someone or something that is not suitable for a particular purpose) from a group that is being examined

    2: to prevent (something harmful) from passing through

    [Adjective]  | "screened" 


    [Verb]  | "screened" 


    1: to drive danger or attack away from;


      * e.g., " ... attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks "





    2: to keep secret or shut off from view;


      * e.g., " ... bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street "





    3: to pass through a filter;


      * e.g., " ... you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities "



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    [Verb]  | "screen" 


    1: to drive danger or attack away from;


      * e.g., " ... attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks "





    2: to keep secret or shut off from view;


      * e.g., " ... bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street "





    3: to pass through a filter;


      * e.g., " ... you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities "



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    [Verb]  | "screened (off)" 


    1: as in curtained (off);




     [ "screen" ]

    1: What you're looking at right now.

     [ "screening" ]

    1: is the act of seeing someone's name (someone is calling you) on your cellephone screen and deciding not to answer for whatever reason.

      * e.g.,  ... are you guys screening my calls? i tried to reach you a couple of times but nobody answered 

     [ "Screening" ]

    1: 1) Its a term that means reading a message and choosing to ignore it or pretend you havent read it.

      * e.g.,  ... I went on a date with a banging bird last night, but now shes screening me! Bro!... Stop sreening me or I'll punch you in the nuts. 


     [ "Screening" ]

    2: 2) Seeing someone's caller ID on your phone "screen" and then you deliberately let it ring out. 3) A common form of underhanded cheering of video gamers to give them a tactical upper hand by spying / looking at another payers screen (most usually on split screen games) - is often also referd to as screen-spying.


     [ "Screening" ]

    3: It is mostly unforgivable on 1st person shooters #TC

     [ "Screen" ]

    1: Screening is the act of deliberately ignoring a phone call, often for days on end.

      * e.g.,  ... :While calling someone: This is the fifth time i've called Nick, and this is the 5th time his ass has screened me. 


     [ "Screen" ]

    2: See Also: side-buttoning

     [ "screen" ]

    1: to screen a call is to look at the caller ID of an incoming call and decide whether or not to answer it.

      * e.g.,  ... mary: hey your phone's ringing who is it? 


     [ "screen" ]

    2: to have your call screened is similar to being side buttoned

      * e.g.,  ... sven: (looks at phone) oh my gawd it's my cokehead ex. 

     [ "Screening" ]

    1: When you read a BBM message without actually opening the conversation, so the sender does not know that it has been read. This makes it easier to avoid them because the sender is unaware they are being ignored.

      * e.g.,  ... I was so annoyed with Jake so I started screening his messages. 

     [ "Screen" ]

    1: In weed terms, a screen is a metal or glass filter designed to let smoke through and keep ash out.

      * e.g.,  ... Use screens with a pipe or a bong. 

     [ "screen" ]

    1: what you`re spending way too much time looking at.

      * e.g.,  ... -Hey, wanna watch some porn on my new 19' screen? 

     [ "Screen" ]

    1: (Verb) screen:/Screened/Screening To see a notification on your phone but not act on it.

      * e.g.,  ... Tina: He's texting me again. 

     [ "Screening" ]

    1: A term used to describe a form of cheating in video games most common in the game mode split-screen, where the different players battle each other on one screen split into different compartments per player (4 player max.). By looking at a other players screen, the location and other information about that player can be found.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, the only reason you knew where I was hiding was because you were screening! 

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