"screen out" meaning in English

See screen out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: screens out [present, singular, third-person], screening out [participle, present], screened out [participle, past], screened out [past]
Etymology: From screen + out. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|screen|out|text=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ūt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ai", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ūtai", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*ūtē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "ūte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "oute", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "out", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "screen out", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="screen out"> From screen + out. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screen out (third-person singular simple present screens out, present participle screening out, simple past and past participle screened out)
  1. (transitive) To use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small (objects or particles). Tags: transitive Derived forms: screenout
    Sense id: en-screen_out-en-verb-X~omOLEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-screen_out-en-verb-EYegfrTp Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 43 57

Inflected forms

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