screen out

verb

To use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small (objects or particles).

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Meanings

verbscreen out (third-person singular simple present screens out, present participle screening out, simple past and past participle screened out)

present singular third person screens out · participle present screening out · participle past screened out · past screened out

  1. transitiveTo use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small (objects or particles).
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo exclude selectively.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbexamine in order to test suitability

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From screen + out.

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Cite this entry
APA

screen out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20out

MLA

“screen out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screen out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20out.

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