Synonyms for screening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skree-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskri nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for screening Other synonyms for the word screening
- block out
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- close
- conceal
- cover
- cover up
- defend
- disguise
- eliminate
- ensconce
- extract
- fend
- gauge
- grade
- guard
- mask
- obscure
- obstruct
- pick out
- process
- riddle
- safeguard
- seclude
- secrete
- secure
- separate
- shade
- shadow
- shelter
- shroud
- shut off
- shut out
- shutter
- sieve
- sift
- sort
- stash
- umbrage
- veil
- wall off
- winnow
Définition of screening
Origin :- mid-14c., "upright piece of furniture providing protection from heat of a fire, drafts, etc.," probably from a shortened (Anglo-French? cf. Anglo-Latin screna) variant of Old North French escren, Old French escran "fire-screen" (early 14c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch scherm "screen, cover, shield," or Frankish *skrank "barrier," from Proto-Germanic *skerm- (cf. Old High German skirm, skerm "protection," from PIE *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
- Meaning "net-wire frame used in windows and doors" is recorded from 1859. Meaning "flat vertical surface for reception of projected images" is from 1810, originally in reference to magic lantern shows; later of movies. Transferred sense of "cinema world collectively" is attested from 1914; hence screen test (1918), etc. Screen saver first attested 1990. Screen printing recorded from 1918.
- verb hide, protect
- verb examine and choose
- Instead of screening him I had dragged him in front of the footlights.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Sometimes I have thought, sir, when puzzling over it, that he may be screening another.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Into the screening shadow of the giant trees, and the sheltering blackness.
- Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
- Screening it with my hand, I retraced my steps and regained the chancel.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Eyes (roving from one group of screening trees to the next): It can be done.
- Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris
- Rachel came to the window, screening the candle with her hand.
- Extract from : « Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
- The captains of the other ships were screening in, wanting to know what to do.
- Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
- By the time he landed, his father was screening him from Storisende.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- The screening of officers and men at Lockbourne got under way on 17 May.
- Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
- The costs of sand and shells are costs of screening and storing.
- Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
Antonyms for screening
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