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verb [T] (PROTECT) /skriːn/Definition
› to protect or hide: She raised her hand to screen her eyes from the bright light.Defending and protectingBacking, supporting and defendingPreserving and saving › mainly US to protect someone by taking the blame yourself: The husband says he's the murderer but we think it was his wife - he's just screening her.Defending and protectingBacking, supporting and defendingPreserving and saving
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Synonyms and related words:
- -proof suffix
- baby verb
- bastion noun
- buffer verb (PROVIDE PROTECTION)
- cherish verb
- coddle verb (PROTECT)
- cosset verb
- featherbed verb
- guard noun (PERSON WHO PROTECTS)
- guard verb (WATCH)
- mother verb
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective adjective
- patrol verb
- proof adjective (PROTECTED)
- protect verb
- protective adjective
- watch your back idiom
- wet-nurse verb
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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