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SCREEN
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
Etymology
Noun
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
(Hyponyms of screen (noun)):
• Chinese screen
• flatscreen
• moving screen
• rood screen
• silver screen
• smokescreen
• touch screen
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• censer, scener, scerne, secern
Proper noun
Screen (plural Screens)
A surname.
Statistics
• 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.
Anagrams
• 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
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