screen

Plural: screens

Noun

• a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
• a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
• the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
  • "a screen of trees afforded privacy"
• 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"
• the personnel of the film industry
  • "a star of stage and screen"
• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
• a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door
  • "he heard the screen slam as she left"
• partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
• 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.
• 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.
• A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
• The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
• A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
• A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
• Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
• Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
• 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.
• Various forms or formats of information display
• The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
• A room in a cinema.
• Various forms or formats of information display
• The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
• Various forms or formats of information display
• One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
• Various forms or formats of information display
• The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
• A disguise; concealment.
• Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
• Ellipsis of screen pass.
• Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
• An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
• A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
• 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.
• A large scarf.

Verb

Verb Forms: screened, screening, screens

• To provide with a screen, or to filter or conceal something.
• test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
  • "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
• examine methodically
  • "screen the suitcases"
• examine in order to test suitability
  • "screen these samples"
  • "screen the job applicants"
• project onto a screen for viewing
  • "screen a film"
• prevent from entering
• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
• protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
• To filter by passing through a screen.
• To shelter or conceal.
• To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
• To present publicly (on the screen).
• To fit with a screen.
• To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
• 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.
• To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

Examples

• a drug screen, a genetic screen
• a fire screen
• A good player can SCREEN their intentions, making their next Scrabble move unpredictable.
• After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.
• Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description.
• Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
• Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
• The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
• The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
• We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

Synonyms

blind, block out, concealment, cover, covert, CRT screen, filmdom, projection screen, riddle, screen door, screen out, screenland, shield, sieve, silver screen, sort, test, pick

Related Words

skirmish

Anagrams of screen