screen
noun
[ skriːn ]
• a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.
• "the Special Branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses"
Similar:
partition,
(room) divider,
dividing wall,
separator,
curtain,
arras,
blind,
awning,
shade,
shutter,
canopy,
windbreak,
• a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed.
• "a television screen"
• a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction.
• a system of checking a person or thing for the presence or absence of something, typically a disease.
• "services offered by the centre include a health screen for people who have just joined the company"
• a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body.
• "HMS Prince Leopold and HMS Prince Charles sailed for Shetland with a screen of four destroyers"
• a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes.
• "the material retained on each sieve screen is weighed in turn"
screen
verb
• conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.
• "her hair swung across to screen her face"
Similar:
conceal,
hide,
mask,
shield,
shelter,
shade,
protect,
guard,
safeguard,
veil,
cloak,
camouflage,
disguise,
• show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
• "the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year"
Similar:
show,
present,
air,
broadcast,
transmit,
televise,
put out,
put on the air,
telecast,
relay,
• test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
• "outpatients were screened for cervical cancer"
• pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes.
• "granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down"
• project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.
