To filter by passing through a screen.
Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
To shelter or conceal.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
To present publicly (on the screen).
The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
To fit with a screen.
We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.