"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]
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
    Sense id: en-screen_out-en-verb-X~omOLEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 64 36
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-screen_out-en-verb-EYegfrTp

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for screen out meaning in English (1.5kB)

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