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noun (plural screens) |
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1. partition or shelter: a fixed or movable partition or frame that is used to conceal, divide, separate, or provide shelter
  You may change your clothes behind the screen.
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2. decorative frame: a decorative frame or partition, e.g. in a church choir
a rood screen
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3. mesh frame or mesh: a frame with a fine wire or plastic mesh designed to prevent the entry of mosquitoes or other insects, or the mesh itself
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4. sieve: a sieve used to filter out fine particles, e.g. of sand or gravel
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5. something that conceals: anything that serves to conceal, divide, separate, or provide shelter
A screen of leaves protected her from the sun.
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6. concealment: a measure taken to conceal something
This report is just a screen for the government's inaction.
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7. selection system: a system for selecting suitable people, e.g. for a job, membership in an organization, or tenancy
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8. comput tv electronic display surface: the broad flat end of a cathode-ray tube or liquid crystal display on which images are displayed, e.g. in a television set or computer monitor
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9. comput data displayed on monitor: the data displayed on the screen of a computer monitor
to print the screen
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10. movies photog surface for projecting movie onto: a large flat white or silver surface onto which a movie or slide is projected
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11. movies movies: the movie industry
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12. photog camera plate for focusing: a ground-glass plate in a camera that is used in focusing an image before photographing it
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13. military advance detachment: a military detachment sent in advance of a main force to protect it from the enemy or give warning of an enemy approach
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14. printing glass plate for half-tone reproductions: a glass plate marked with very fine lines and used in producing half-tone reproductions
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15. sports blocking tactic: a tactic in a team game in which players of one team block a player from the opposing team
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16. U.S. football
Same as screen pass
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17. psychoanalysis emotional block: something that prevents somebody from understanding his or her real feelings
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verb (past and past participle screened, present participle screen·ing, 3rd person present singular screens) |
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1. transitive verb conceal or shelter somebody or something: to provide somebody or something with shelter, protection, or concealment from somebody or something
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2. transitive verb partition something off: to partition, separate, or divide something off from something else
They had screened the area into cubicles.
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3. transitive verb fit something with screen: to provide something with a screen
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4. transitive verb protect somebody: to protect somebody from something unpleasant or dangerous
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5. transitive verb sift something: to filter something through a sieve
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6. transitive and intransitive verb test for disease: to test somebody or something for an illness or disease
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7. transitive and intransitive verb select by weeding out: to examine a candidate or candidates for something such as a post, membership in an organization, or renting an apartment as part of a selection process
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8. transitive and intransitive verb movies show in movie theater: to project a movie onto a screen in a theater, or be projected in a theater
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9. transitive and intransitive verb tv show on television: to broadcast a movie, program, or other item on television, or be broadcast on television
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10. transitive verb printing photograph for half-tone reproduction: to photograph something through a glass plate to make a half-tone reproduction
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11. transitive and intransitive verb block opponent: to block a member of an opposing team so that he or she cannot see or respond to a move
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| [14th century < Old N French escren] |
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| screen·er noun |
| screen·ful noun |
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