Screen
[skriːn] or [skrin]
Definition
(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'.
(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'.
(noun.) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space.
(noun.) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube.
(noun.) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing.
(verb.) examine methodically; 'screen the suitcases'.
(verb.) prevent from entering; 'block out the strong sunlight'.
(verb.) project onto a screen for viewing; 'screen a film'.
(verb.) examine in order to test suitability; 'screen these samples'; 'screen the job applicants'.
(verb.) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; 'screen the blood for the HIV virus'.
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Protection, guard, defence, shield.[2]. Veil, disguise, cloak, cover.
v. a. [1]. Hide, shelter, cover, conceal, shroud, mask, cloak, protect, defend.[2]. Riddle, sift.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shelter, protect, defend, hide, palliate, mitigate, curtain, cloak, defend,harbor, fence, ward, shade
ANT:Open, expose, surrender, betray, aggravate, exaggerate, prosecute
Typist: Robinson
Definition
n. that which shelters from danger or observation that which protects from heat cold or the sun: (Scot.) a large scarf: an enclosure or partition of wood stone or metal work common in churches shutting off chapels from the nave separating the nave from the choir &c.: a coarse riddle for sifting coal &c.—v.t. to shelter or conceal: to pass through a coarse riddle.—n. Screen′ing-machine′ an apparatus for sifting coal.—n.pl. Screen′ings the refuse matter after sifting.
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Examples
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The longer the period of rest of each picture on the screen, the better the detail and the clearer the picture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the lid is closed, the picture becomes darkened, and by the gradual removal of the screen at the same time, it is changed into a transparency. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She threw off her mantle and bonnet, and sat down opposite to him, enjoying the glow, but lifting up her beautiful hands for a screen. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This was effected by having the twenty-six letters painted on a board, and concealed from view by a number of small paper screens, which were attached to magnetic needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The use of gauze screens was first described by Fox Talbot in British patent No. 565, October 29, 1852. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Three-and-sixpence has been spent in vain--the screens retire to Miss Clapp's bedroom, who persists in thinking them lovely. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They all paint tables, cover screens, and net purses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The heat is greater; my Lady screens her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A revolving fly brush and fly screens contribute to his comfort. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Therefore, I followed him without a word, to a retired nook of the garden, formed by the junction of two walls and screened by some rubbish. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The main entrance to the church was on the side next to the burial-ground, and the door was screened by a porch walled in on either side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On one hand, it has screened and protected traditional studies and methods of teaching from intelligent criticism and needed revisions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The ladies had passed near it in their way along the valley, but it was screened from their view at home by the projection of a hill. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Under all conditions the light is properly screened and diffused to suit the critical eye of the camera man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wildeve screened himself under a bush and waited. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My old notion of screening the girl, if I could, seemed to have come back on me again, at the eleventh hour. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The effect of screening the objects from the eye at short intervals is produced by looking with one eye through the openings at the image of the disc, reflected from a mirror. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She changed her position slightly, screening her eyes with her lifted hand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If the cleaning of the grain and separating it from the chaff and dirt are not had in the threshing process, separate machines are employed for fanning and screening. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His arms were resting on the table, and his brow was bowed down on them, the blue cloak being dragged forward and screening his face on each side. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Machines for Screening, Loading, and Weighing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fire warmed them; life and friendship yet blessed them; but Jessie lay cold, coffined, solitary--only the sod screening her from the storm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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