screen out
Definition of screen out
1 : to remove (someone or something that is not suitable for a particular purpose) from a group that is being examined screening out job applicants who have less than three years' experience
2 : to prevent (something harmful) from passing through lotion that screens out the sun's harmful rays
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: a protective or ornamental device (such as a movable partition) shielding an area from heat or drafts or from view
: something that shelters, protects, or hides: such as
: a growth or stand of trees, shrubs, or plants
: to guard from injury or danger
: to give shelter or protection to with or as if with a screen
: to separate with or as if with a screen
: in a direction away from the inside or center
: outside
: from among others
: eject, oust
: to identify publicly as being such secretly
: to identify as being a closet homosexual
: used as a function word to indicate an outward movement
: situated outside : external
: out-of-bounds
: situated at a distance : outlying
: outside
: one who is out of office or power or on the outside
: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball
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