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Definition of Screen
1. Noun. A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing.
Generic synonyms: Surface
Specialized synonyms: Wide Screen
2. Verb. Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. "Screen the blood for the HIV virus"
3. Noun. A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight. "They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
Specialized synonyms: Curtain, Drape, Drapery, Mantle, Pall, Shutter, Window Blind, Blinder, Blinker, Winker
Generic synonyms: Protection, Protective Cover, Protective Covering
4. Verb. Examine methodically. "Screen the suitcases"
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Canvas, Canvass, Examine, Study
Derivative terms: Screener, Screening
5. Noun. The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube.
Specialized synonyms: Background, Desktop, Screen Background, Computer Display, Computer Screen
Group relationships: Cathode-ray Tube, Crt
Generic synonyms: Display, Video Display
Terms within: Foreground
6. Verb. Examine in order to test suitability. "Screen the job applicants"
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Screener, Screening, Sort
7. Noun. A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. "The simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
Specialized synonyms: Blind, Camouflage, Shoji, Stalking-horse
Generic synonyms: Covering
Derivative terms: Cover, Cover, Cover
8. Verb. Project onto a screen for viewing. "Sam and Sue screen the movie "; "Screen a film"
9. Noun. A protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame. "A metal screen protected the observers"
Generic synonyms: Protection, Protective Cover, Protective Covering
Group relationships: Screen Door
Terms within: Screening
10. Verb. Prevent from entering. "Block out the strong sunlight"
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Specialized synonyms: Shade
11. Noun. The personnel of the film industry. "A star of stage and screen"
12. Verb. Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.
13. Noun. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
Specialized synonyms: Riddle, Sifter
Generic synonyms: Strainer
Derivative terms: Sieve, Sift
14. Verb. Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
Generic synonyms: Protect
Derivative terms: Screening, Shield, Shield, Shielder, Shielding
15. 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"
16. Noun. Partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space.
Definition of Screen
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
Definition of Screen
1. to provide with a screen (a device designed to divide, conceal, or protect) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Screen
1. 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. "They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high comands." (Macaulay) 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. 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. Origin: Screened; Screening. 1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. "Your leavy screens throw down." (Shak) "Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy." (Bacon) 2. 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. 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. 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. 5. 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 fitted for insertion into a window frame. 6. 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. 7. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "A star of stage and screen." Origin: OE. Scren, OF. Escrein, escran, F. Ecran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. Schirm a screen, OHG. Scrim, scern a protection, shield, or G. Schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. Schranne a railing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)