blind, screen
(noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; “they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
screen
(noun) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; “they put screens in the windows for protection against insects”; “a metal screen protected the observers”
screen, cover, covert, concealment
(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; “a screen of trees afforded privacy”; “under cover of darkness”; “the brush provided a covert for game”; “the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background”
screen
(noun) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
screen, CRT screen
(noun) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
screen, silver screen, projection screen
(noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
sieve, screen
(noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
filmdom, screenland, screen
(noun) the personnel of the film industry; “a star of stage and screen”
screen
(verb) examine methodically; “screen the suitcases”
shield, screen
(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
riddle, screen
(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
screen, block out
(verb) prevent from entering; “block out the strong sunlight”
screen
(verb) project onto a screen for viewing; “screen a film”
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
(verb) examine in order to test suitability; “screen these samples”; “screen the job applicants”
screen, test
(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; “screen the blood for the HIV virus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
screen (plural screens)
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
(mining, quarrying) 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.
(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
Various forms or formats of information display
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.
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
(American football) Short for screen pass.
(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Synonym: pick
(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
(architecture) 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.
(Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
(Hyponyms of screen (noun)):
• Chinese screen
• flatscreen
• moving screen
• rood screen
• silver screen
• smokescreen
• touch screen
screen (third-person singular simple present screens, present participle screening, simple past and past participle screened)
To filter by passing through a screen.
To shelter or conceal.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
To fit with a screen.
(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
(molecular biology) 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.
(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Synonym: pick
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
• censer, scener, scerne, secern
Screen (plural Screens)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Screen is the 31412nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 737 individuals. Screen is most common among Black/African American (54.27%) and White (40.84%) individuals.
• censer, scener, scerne, secern
Source: Wiktionary
Screen, n. Etym: [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. Ă©cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scrim, scern a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.]
1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. Your leavy screens throw down. Shak. Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. Bacon.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: 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, or the like.
3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
Screen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened; p. pr. & vb. n. Screening.]
1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high comands. Macaulay.
2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
