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.

Typed by Angelo

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.

Checked by Bonnie

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.

Typed by Amalia

Examples

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