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screening
noun(screen-ing)
the act or process of one that screens
screening
noun(screen-ing)
material (such as waste or fine coal) separated out by means of a screen
screening
noun(screen-ing)
metal or plastic mesh (as for window screens)
screening
verb(screen-ing)
to guard from injury or danger
screening
verb(screen-ing)
to give shelter or protection to with or as if with a screen
screening
verb(screen-ing)
to separate with or as if with a screen; also : to shield (an opponent) from a play or from view of a play
screening
verb(screen-ing)
to screen (someone or something) in a preliminary way
screening
verb(screen-ing)
to show a preliminary screening of (something, such as a film)
screening
noun(screen-ing)
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
screening
phrasal verb(screen-ing)
to remove (someone or something that is not suitable for a particular purpose) from a group that is being examined
screening
phrasal verb(screen-ing)
to prevent (something harmful) from passing through

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