verb
1.
Synonyms: defend 1, bulwark, cover, fend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure, shield
2.
Synonyms: shade , inumbrate, shadow, umbrage
3.
to cut off from view by interposing something resembling a screen
screen a view with a tall hedge
Synonyms: block out, close, obstruct, shroud, shut off, shut out
Related Word: conceal, hide; separate, wall off; protect, seclude; embosk
Idioms: throw up a screen
Contrasted words: bare, disclose, expose, open, reveal
4.
Synonyms: hide , bury, ||bush up, cache, conceal, cover, ||ditch, ensconce, secrete, stash
Related Word: defend, guard, protect, safeguard, shield; camouflage, cloak, cover up, disguise
5.
to examine carefully and methodically in order to separate, select, or eliminate
the personnel department screened seventy candidates for ten jobs
Synonyms: sieve, sift; compare sort 2
Related Word: choose, pick out, select; extract, filter (out), riddle, sort (out), winnow (out)
6.
Synonyms: censor , blip, bowdlerize, expurgate