Meanings (ES + gloss)
biombo • mampara • pantalla
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
Your leavy screens throw down.
a fire screen
criba
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
bloqueo • pantalla
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
Phrases
No hay frases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
filtrar • tamizar
To filter by passing through a screen.
Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
filtrar
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
"It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I…
The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
acribar • cribar
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.