a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
2.
a permanent, usually ornamental partition, as around the choir of a church or across the hall of a medieval house.
3.
a specially prepared, light-reflecting surface on which motion pictures, slides, etc., may be projected.
4.
motion pictures collectively or the motion-picture industry.
5.
Electronics,Television. the external surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube of a television set, radar receiver, etc., on which an electronically created picture or image is formed.
6.
Computers.
a.
Also called video screen.the portion of a terminal or monitor upon which information is displayed.
Photography. a plate of ground glass or the like on which the image is brought into focus in a camera before being photographed.
16.
Photoengraving. a transparent plate containing two sets of fine parallel lines, one crossing the other, used in the halftone process.
17.
Sports.
a.
any of various offensive plays in which teammates form a protective formation around the ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, etc.
b.
any of various defensive plays in which teammates conceal or block an opposing ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, or the goal, basket, net, etc., itself.
–verb (used with object)
18.
to shelter, protect, or conceal with or as if with a screen.
19.
to select, reject, consider, or group (people, objects, ideas, etc.) by examining systematically: Job applicants were screened by the personnel department.
20.
to provide with a screen or screens to exclude insects: He screened the porch so they could enjoy sitting out on summer evenings.
21.
to sift or sort by passing through a screen.
22.
to project (a motion picture, slide, etc.) on a screen.
23.
Movies.
a.
to show (a motion picture), esp. to an invited audience, as of exhibitors and critics.
b.
to photograph with a motion-picture camera; film.
c.
to adapt (a story, play, etc.) for presentation as a motion picture.
24.
to lighten (type or areas of a line engraving) by etching a regular pattern of dots or lines into the printing surface.
–verb (used without object)
25.
to be projected on a motion-picture screen.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME screne (n.) < AF; OF escren (F écran) < Frankish *skrank, c. OHG scrank barrier (G Schrank cupboard)
Related forms:
screen⋅a⋅ble, adjective
screener, noun
screenless, adjective
screenlike, adjective
Synonyms: 7.guard, shield. See cover.18.veil, defend, shield, hide, mask.
A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: Security guards formed a screen around the President. A screen of evergreens afforded privacy from our neighbors.
A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.
A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.
The white or silver surface on which a picture is projected for viewing.
The movie industry: a star of stage and screen. Also called silver screen.
Electronics The phosphorescent surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
Computer Science The information or image displayed at a given time on such a computer monitor: printing a hard copy of the screen.
Sports A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
Football A screen pass.
Electronics The phosphorescent surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
Computer Science The information or image displayed at a given time on such a computer monitor: printing a hard copy of the screen.
Sports A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
Football A screen pass.
Electronics The electrode placed between the anode and the control grid in a tetrode valve. Also called screen grid.
Printing A glass plate marked off with crossing lines, placed before the lens of a camera when photographing for halftone reproduction.
A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.
Sports A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
Football A screen pass.
tr.v.
screened, screen·ing, screens
To provide with a screen: screen a porch.
To conceal from view with or as if with a screen. See Synonyms at block, hide1.
To protect, guard, or shield.
To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.
To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.
To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection: screen blood; screen a patient.
To subject to genetic screening.
To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.
To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.
To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.
To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.
To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.
To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection: screen blood; screen a patient.
To subject to genetic screening.
To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.
Sports
To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.
[Middle English screne, from Old North French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm, shield, screen; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] screen'a·ble adj., screen'er n.
To examine various securities with the goal of selecting a limited number that meet certain predetermined requirements. For example, an investor might screen all electric utilities for stock that offers a dividend yield of 8% or more and a price-earnings ratio of 8 or less.
The surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
An electrode placed between the plate (anode) and the control grid in a tetrode valve, used to reduce the capacitance between the grid and the plate, increasing its ability to respond to high frequencies, especially radio frequencies.
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