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cloak
A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
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  1. A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
  2. Something that covers or conceals:
  3. A loose outer garment, usually sleeveless and extending to or below the knees
cover
Shelter or protection:
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  1. Shelter or protection:
  2. Cover charge
  3. (Music) A cover version.
covering
Anything that covers
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  1. Anything that covers
  2. Something that covers, so as to protect or conceal.
  3. (Uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
curtain
A piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways: it may be hung for decoration, as at a window, or used to cover, conceal, or shut off something
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  1. A piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways: it may be hung for decoration, as at a window, or used to cover, conceal, or shut off something
  2. A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.
  3. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, divider, or barrier:
shield
(Zool.) A hard surface covering or shell; protective plate, as on a turtle
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  1. (Zool.) A hard surface covering or shell; protective plate, as on a turtle
  2. A large geographic area where rocks of a continent's craton (the ancient, relatively undisturbed portion of a continental plate) are visible at the surface. A shield is often surrounded by platforms covered with sediment.
  3. (--- Electronics) A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.
envelope
(Astronomy) A usually spherical region of interstellar matter surrounding a forming star and interacting with the star's gravitational and radiation fields.
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  1. (Astronomy) A usually spherical region of interstellar matter surrounding a forming star and interacting with the star's gravitational and radiation fields.
  2. A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
  3. (Biology) An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane.
veil
A membranous covering or part, especially a membrane surrounding the young mushrooms of certain basidiomycete fungi. In some species the membrane (called a partial veil ) extends only from the stalk to the cap. As the cap expands, the veil breaks, leaving a ring called an annulus on the stalk and often scalelike pieces on the cap. These veil remnants are important for identifying species of mushrooms.
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  1. A membranous covering or part, especially a membrane surrounding the young mushrooms of certain basidiomycete fungi. In some species the membrane (called a partial veil ) extends only from the stalk to the cap. As the cap expands, the veil breaks, leaving a ring called an annulus on the stalk and often scalelike pieces on the cap. These veil remnants are important for identifying species of mushrooms.
  2. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
  3. A piece of light fabric, as of net or gauze, worn, esp. by women, over the face or head or draped from a hat to conceal, protect, or enhance the face
mask
A facial covering worn for ritual.
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  1. A facial covering worn for ritual.
  2. A usually rubber frame forming a watertight seal around the eyes and nose and containing a transparent covering for use in seeing underwater.
  3. An area of contrasting color on the face and usually across the eyes of an animal.
shade
A small amount; a trace:
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  1. A small amount; a trace:
  2. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat:
  3. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
partition
Something that separates or divides, as an interior wall dividing one room from another
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  1. Something that separates or divides, as an interior wall dividing one room from another
  2. (Law) Division of property, especially real property, between co-owners into equivalent, separately owned portions or shares.
  3. (Law) The process of dividing property and giving separate title to those who previously had joint or common title
netting
Netted material
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  1. Netted material
  2. An openwork fabric; a net.
  3. The act or process of making a net.
shelter
Something that covers or protects; protection, or place affording protection, as from the elements or danger
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  1. Something that covers or protects; protection, or place affording protection, as from the elements or danger
  2. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
  3. The state of being covered or protected:
guard
A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
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  1. A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
  2. Protection; watch:
  3. An honor guard.
security
A group or department of private guards:
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  1. A group or department of private guards:
  2. Measures adopted, as by a business or homeowner, to prevent a crime such as burglary or assault:
  3. Measures adopted to prevent escape:
silver-screen
Films collectively
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  1. Films collectively
  2. A screen on which films are projected in theaters
  3. (Idiomatic) By extension, the movies or that related to movies or cinema.
tube
An organic structure having the shape or function of a tube; a duct:
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  1. An organic structure having the shape or function of a tube; a duct:
  2. An inner tube.
  3. (Electronics) An electron tube.
veil
To cover with or as with a veil
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  1. To cover with or as with a veil
  2. To conceal or disguise:
  3. To conceal, hide, disguise, screen, obscure, etc.
conceal
To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
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  1. To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
  2. To put out of sight; hide
mask
To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise:
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  1. To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise:
  2. To conceal or cover with or as with a mask
  3. To cover (the face, for example) with a decorative or protective mask.
select
To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
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  1. To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
  2. To make a selection; choose
  3. To choose or pick out from among others, as for excellence, desirability, etc.
eliminate
To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
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  1. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
  2. To get rid of; remove:
  3. To drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition
sift
To make use of a sieve.
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  1. To make use of a sieve.
  2. To put (flour, for example) through a sieve in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles.
  3. To scatter (a pulverized substance) by or as by the use of a sieve
block
To stamp with a block
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  1. To stamp with a block
  2. To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:
  3. (Sports) To block an opponent
conceal
To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
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  1. To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
  2. To put out of sight; hide
hide
To conceal from the knowledge of others; keep secret
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  1. To conceal from the knowledge of others; keep secret
  2. To cut off from sight; cover up:
  3. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
obscure
To diminish the stature of; overshadow or detract from:
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  1. To diminish the stature of; overshadow or detract from:
  2. To make difficult to discern mentally or understand:
  3. (Linguistics) To reduce (a vowel) to the neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).
obstruct
To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
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  1. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
  2. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
  3. To block or stop up (a passage) with obstacles or impediments; dam; clog
shroud
(Archaic) To take shelter
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  1. (Archaic) To take shelter
  2. (Archaic) To shelter; protect.
  3. To take cover; find shelter.
shade
To depict in, or mark with, gradations of light or color
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  1. To depict in, or mark with, gradations of light or color
  2. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in:
  3. To hide or screen with or as with a shadow
shadow
(Archaic) To shelter from light or heat
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  1. (Archaic) To shelter from light or heat
  2. To cast a shadow on; darken or shade:
  3. To darken in a painting or drawing; shade in.
bowdlerize
To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate.
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  1. To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate.
  2. Alternative form of bowdlerize.
censor
To examine and expurgate.
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  1. To examine and expurgate.
  2. To subject (a book, film, writer, etc.) to the close examination of a censor
expurgate
To remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
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  1. To remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
  2. To expunge (objectionable material) from; delete
Find another word for screen. In this page you can discover 46 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for screen, like: cloak, cover, covering, curtain, shield, envelope, veil, mask, shade, partition and netting.

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  • She unhooked the screen and pushed it out.

  • She looked from the computer screen to the phone with the flashing red light.

  • An alert popped up on the screen before her as well as on her micro, and she opened it.

  • Gabe saw the screen light up with a text message.

  • The table top lit up with a blank grey screen and four dozen multi-hued buttons, with geometric symbols she assumed was writing.

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