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Another word for screen

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Verb

  1. To cut off from sight

      1. something that shuts off a flow or movement, as a valve
      2. a stoppage or interruption
      1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
      2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens:
      3. One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
      1. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
      2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder:
      3. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
      1. Deficient in light; dark:
      2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
      3. Indistinctly heard; faint.
      1. To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
      2. To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
      3. To cut off from sight; cover up:
      1. To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
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    show

  2. To shelter, especially from light

      1. A dark area or shape made by an object blocking rays of light.
      2. The darkness or diminished light caused by the blocking of a light source:
      3. A darker area in a picture or photograph.
      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
    See also:

    protection

  3. To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission

      1. To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
      1. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.
      2. An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.
      3. One that condemns or censures.
      1. To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate.
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Another word for screen

Noun

  1. A concealment

      1. Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
      2. Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays:
      3. The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
      1. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
      2. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
      3. A facial covering worn for ritual.
      1. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
      2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
      3. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
      1. A flat paper container, especially for a letter, usually having a gummed flap.
      2. Something that envelops; a wrapping.
      3. An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane or the outer coat of a virus.
      1. A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons.
      2. A person or thing that provides protection.
      3. A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.
      1. A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.
      2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, divider, or barrier:
      3. The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
      1. Something that covers, so as to protect or conceal.
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
      1. A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
      2. Something that covers or conceals:
      3. To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:

  2. A protection

      1. Freedom from risk or danger; safety.
      2. Freedom from doubt, anxiety, or fear; confidence.
      3. A group or department of private guards:
      1. To watch over (a place or person, for example) in order to keep from being damaged, robbed, or injured:
      2. To supervise the entry and exit through; keep watch at:
      3. To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence:
      1. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
      2. An establishment that provides temporary housing for homeless people.
      3. An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.
      1. An openwork fabric; a net.
      2. The act or process of making a net.
      3. The act or process of fishing with a net.
      1. The act or process of dividing something into parts.
      2. The state of being so divided.
      3. Something that divides or separates, as a wall dividing one room or cubicle from another.
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    protection

    cover

  3. A surface on which images are projected

Verb

  1. To hide

      1. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
      2. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
      3. A facial covering worn for ritual.
      1. To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
      1. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
      2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
      3. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
    See also:

    hide

  2. To choose

      1. To put (flour, for example) through a sieve in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles.
      2. To distinguish as if separating with a sieve:
      3. To apply by scattering through a sieve:
      1. To get rid of; remove:
      2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
      3. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
      1. To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
      2. To make a choice or selection.
      3. Singled out in preference; chosen:
    See also:

    choose

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Sentence Examples

  • 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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