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   Screen

   /skrēn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from drafts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy: "a room with a red carpet and screens with elaborate decoration" Similar partition(room) dividerdividing wallseparatorcurtainarrasblindawningshadeshuttercanopywindbreak
   • ▪ a thing providing concealment or protection: "his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees" Similar bufferprotectionshieldshelterguardsafeguard
   • ▪ a partition of carved wood or stone separating the nave of a church from the chancel, choir, or sanctuary: "the chancel screen retains two sections of the original oak arcading"
   • ▪ a frame with fine wire netting used in a window or doorway to keep out mosquitoes and other flying insects: "a screen door" Similar meshnetnetting
   • ▪ a part of an electrical or other instrument that protects it or prevents it from causing electromagnetic interference.
   • ▪ a grid placed between the control grid and the anode of a valve to reduce the capacitance between these electrodes.
   • ▪ (in basketball, American football, and ice hockey) an act of obstructing or blocking an opponent or their view of play.
   • 2. a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed: "a television screen" Similar displaymonitorvisual display unitVDUcathode-ray tubeCRT
   • ▪ a blank surface on which a movie or photographic image is projected: "the world's largest movie screen"
   • ▪ movies or television as a medium, genre, or industry: "she's a star of the stage as well as the screen"
   • ▪ the data or images displayed on a computer screen: "pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen"
   • ▪ a flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused.
   • 3. a transparent, finely ruled plate or film used in halftone reproduction.
   • 4. a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body: "HMS Prince Leopold and HMS Prince Charles sailed for Shetland with a screen of four destroyers"
   • 5. a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes: "the material retained on each sieve screen is weighed in turn" Similar sieveriddlesifterstrainercolanderfilterwinnowarchaic:griddle

   verb

   • 1. conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen: "her hair swung across to screen her face" Similar concealhidemaskshieldsheltershadeprotectguardsafeguardveilcloakcamouflagedisguise
   • ▪ separate something from something else with or as if with a screen: "an area had been screened off as a waiting room" Similar partition offdivide offseparate offcurtain off
   • ▪ protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant: "in my country a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack"
   • ▪ prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference: "ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup"
   • ▪ (in basketball, American football, and ice hockey) obstruct or block (an opponent or their view of play).
   • 2. show (a movie or video) or broadcast (a television program): "the show is to be screened by HBO later this year" Similar showpresentairbroadcasttransmitteleviseput output on the airtelecastrelay
   • 3. test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease or contaminant: "outpatients were screened for cervical cancer"
   • ▪ check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job: "all prospective presidential candidates would have to be screened by the committee" Similar vetcheckcheck up oncheck outevaluateassessscrutinizetestchecktestexamineinvestigatescan
   • ▪ evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application: "only one percent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use"
   • ▪ exclude someone or something after evaluation or investigation: "anti-spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted email"
   • 4. pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes: "granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down" Similar sieveriddlesiftstrainfiltersortwinnowarchaic:boltgriddle
   • 5. project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a halftone.

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. screenable adjective
   • 2. screenful noun

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