In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
A saving throw.
A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
To obviate or make unnecessary.
To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
To store for future use.
To economize or avoid waste.
To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
To accumulate money or valuables.
unless; except
Except; with the exception of.
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
A disguise; concealment.
To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
To present publicly (on the screen).
To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
To fit with a screen.
To shelter or conceal.
To filter by passing through a screen.
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.