'Screen' definitions:
Definition of 'screen'
From: WordNet
noun
A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing [syn: screen, silver screen, projection screen]
noun
A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind, screen]
noun
The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube [syn: screen, CRT screen]
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" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment]
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
The personnel of the film industry; "a star of stage and screen" [syn: filmdom, screenland, screen]
noun
A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen]
noun
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" [syn: screen door, screen]
noun
Partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
verb
Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test]
verb
Examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"
verb
Examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort]
verb
Project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film"
verb
Prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [syn: screen, block out]
verb
Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle, screen]
verb
Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen]
Definition of 'Screen'
From: GCIDE
- Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. ['e]cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Your leavy screens throw down. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.
- Screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a screen.
- Screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for insertion into a window frame. [PJC]
- 7. The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays. [PJC]
- 8. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "A star of stage and screen." [PJC]
Definition of 'Screen'
From: GCIDE
- Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), 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 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. [1913 Webster]
- They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose. As: (a) To inspect the qualifications of candidates for a job, to select one or more to be hired. (b) (Biochem., Med.) to test a large number of samples, in order to find those having specific desirable properties; as, to screen plant extracts for anticancer agents. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'screen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act drop,
- advocate,
- aegis,
- alibi,
- analyze,
- apology,
- apply to,
- arabesque,
- arm,
- arm guard,
- armor,
- art film,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- assort,
- awning,
- backdrop,
- backstop,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- batten,
- beach umbrella,
- becloud,
- befog,
- blanket,
- bless,
- blind,
- block,
- block out,
- bolt,
- bolter,
- border,
- box,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- camouflage,
- cancellation,
- canopy,
- categorize,
- champion,
- cinema verite,
- clarifier,
- clarify,
- classify,
- clear,
- cloak,
- close,
- cloth,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- coat,
- colander,
- collate,
- color,
- compass about,
- conceal,
- concealment,
- contraceptive,
- contradistinguish,
- cope,
- copyright,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- cover,
- cover story,
- cover up,
- cover-up,
- coverage,
- covering,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cowl,
- cowling,
- cradle,
- crash helmet,
- cribble,
- cribriformity,
- cribrosity,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- cull,
- cull out,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cushion,
- cyclorama,
- dashboard,
- decor,
- decrassify,
- defend,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- depurate,
- device,
- differentiate,
- discriminate,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- distill,
- distinguish,
- distract attention from,
- divide,
- dodger,
- drape,
- drapery,
- draw the curtains,
- draw the line,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- eclipse,
- edulcorate,
- elute,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- ensure,
- envelop,
- essentialize,
- evaluate,
- examine,
- excuse,
- expurgate,
- extract,
- facade,
- face mask,
- feint,
- fence,
- fend,
- fender,
- filigree,
- film,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- finger guard,
- fire curtain,
- flank,
- flat,
- flipper,
- foot guard,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- front,
- fuse,
- gauge,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- goggles,
- governor,
- gradate,
- grade,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- group,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- guard against,
- guardrail,
- guise,
- hachure,
- hand guard,
- handle,
- handrail,
- hanging,
- harbor,
- hard hat,
- hatching,
- haven,
- helmet,
- hide,
- honeycomb,
- hood,
- housing,
- insulate,
- insulation,
- insure,
- interlacement,
- interlock,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- interview,
- isolate,
- keep,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- keep from harm,
- keep under cover,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lame excuse,
- laminated glass,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- lay aside,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- leach,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- light shield,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- lixiviate,
- lixiviator,
- locus standi,
- make safe,
- mantle,
- mark the interface,
- mask,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- movies,
- mudguard,
- muffle,
- nestle,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- nose guard,
- nouvelle vague,
- obduce,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- obstruct,
- occult,
- ostensible motive,
- overlay,
- overshadow,
- overspread,
- pad,
- padding,
- pall,
- palladium,
- parasol,
- partition,
- patent,
- percolate,
- percolator,
- pick out,
- pilot,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- police,
- poor excuse,
- porosity,
- porousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- preventive,
- process,
- project,
- prophylactic,
- protect,
- protection,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- purifier,
- purify,
- put aside,
- put on,
- put-off,
- qualify,
- quarantine,
- raddle,
- rag,
- rank,
- rectify,
- refine,
- refiner,
- refinery,
- refuge,
- register,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- ride shotgun for,
- rocker,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- scan,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen out,
- screening,
- scum,
- seat belt,
- seclude,
- secure,
- segregate,
- select,
- semblance,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- shade,
- shader,
- shadow,
- sham,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- show,
- shroud,
- shut,
- shut off,
- shutter,
- side scene,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sievelikeness,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sifter,
- silver screen,
- size,
- slur over,
- smoke screen,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sorter,
- spiritualize,
- sponge,
- spread over,
- stage screw,
- stalking-horse,
- strain,
- strainer,
- stratagem,
- subdivide,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subordinate,
- subterfuge,
- subtilize,
- sun helmet,
- sunblind,
- sunshade,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- television,
- television receiver,
- televisor,
- telly,
- texture,
- the cinema,
- the movies,
- the pictures,
- the screen,
- the silver screen,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- tissue,
- tormentor,
- tracery,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- trick,
- try,
- TV,
- TV set,
- umbrage,
- umbrella,
- underwrite,
- varnish,
- veil,
- vestment,
- vet,
- wall,
- wall off,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- whitewash,
- wicker,
- wickerwork,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- winnow,
- winnowing basket,
- winnowing fan,
- winnowing machine,
- woodcut,
- wraps
Words containing 'Screen'
- Screened,
- Screening,
- Screenings,
- screen off,
- screen out,
- Choir screen,
- Hand screen,
- Rood screen,
- Screen door,
- Screen window,
- computer screen,
- crt screen,
- diffusing screen,
- fire screen,
- genetic screening,
- projection screen,
- screen actor,
- screen background,
- screen font,
- screen memory,
- screen pass,
- screen saver,
- screen test,
- silver screen,
- smoke screen,
- touch screen,
- wide screen,
- window screen,
- active matrix screen,
- silk screen print,
- wide-screen