n. Function: verb
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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 FF1C; screen a view with a tall hedge FF1E;
Synonyms: block out, close, obstruct, shroud, shut off, shut out
Related Words: conceal, hide; separate, wall off; protect, seclude; embosk
Idioms: throw up a screen
Contrasted Words: bare, disclose, expose, open, reveal
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Synonyms: HIDE , bury, ||bush up, cache, conceal, cover, ||ditch, ensconce, secrete, stash
Related Words: defend, guard, protect, safeguard, shield; camouflage, cloak, cover up, disguise
5 to examine carefully and methodically in order to separate, select, or eliminate FF1C; the personnel department screened seventy candidates for ten jobs FF1E;
Synonyms: sieve, sift; compare SORT 2
Related Words: choose, pick out, select; extract, filter (out), riddle, sort (out), winnow (out)
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Synonyms: CENSOR , blip, bowdlerize, expurgate