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    [skrēn]
    noun
    screen (noun) · screens (plural noun) · screen grid (noun) · screen grids (plural noun)
    1. a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from drafts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy:
      "a room with a red carpet and screens with elaborate decoration"
      • a thing providing concealment or protection:
        "his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees" · "the article is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice"
      • architecture
        a partition of carved wood or stone separating the nave of a church from the chancel, choir, or sanctuary. See also rood screen.
        "the chancel screen retains two sections of the original oak arcading"
      • a frame with fine wire netting used in a window or doorway to keep out mosquitoes and other flying insects:
        "a screen door"
      • a part of an electrical or other instrument that protects it or prevents it from causing electromagnetic interference.
      • electronics
        a grid placed between the control grid and the anode of a valve to reduce the capacitance between these electrodes.
      • (in basketball, American football, and ice hockey) an act of obstructing or blocking an opponent or their view of play.
    2. 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 blank surface on which a movie or photographic image is projected:
        "the world's largest movie screen"
      • movies or television as a medium, genre, or industry:
        "she's a star of the stage as well as the screen" · "he is interviewed on screen"
      • the data or images displayed on a computer screen:
        "pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen"
      • photography
        a flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused.
    3. printing
      a transparent, finely ruled plate or film used in halftone reproduction.
    4. military
      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"
    5. 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"
    verb
    screen (verb) · screens (third person present) · screened (past tense) · screened (past participle) · screening (present participle)
    1. conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen:
      "her hair swung across to screen her face" · "a high hedge screened all of the front from passersby"
      • (screen something off)
        separate something from something else with or as if with a screen:
        "an area had been screened off as a waiting room"
      • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant:
        "in my country a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack"
      • prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference:
        "ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup"
      • (in basketball, American football, and ice hockey) obstruct or block (an opponent or their view of play).
    2. show (a movie or video) or broadcast (a television program):
      "the show is to be screened by HBO later this year"
    3. test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease or contaminant:
      "outpatients were screened for cervical cancer"
      • check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job:
        "all prospective presidential candidates would have to be screened by the committee"
      • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application:
        "only one percent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use"
      • (screen someone/something out)
        exclude someone or something after evaluation or investigation:
        "anti-spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted email"
    4. 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"
    5. printing
      project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a halftone.
    Origin
    Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.
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    noun
    1. a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from drafts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy:
      partition
      (room) divider
      separator
      curtain
      arras
      blind
      awning
      shade
      shutter
      canopy
      windbreak
      dividing wall
    2. a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed:
      display
      monitor
      cathode-ray tube
      CRT
      visual display unit
      VDU
      • a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes:
        sieve
        riddle
        sifter
        strainer
        colander
        filter
        winnow
        griddle
      verb
      1. conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen:
        conceal
        hide
        mask
        shield
        shelter
        shade
        protect
        guard
        safeguard
        veil
        cloak
        camouflage
        disguise
        • separate something from something else with or as if with a screen:
          partition off
          divide off
          separate off
          curtain off
      2. show (a movie or video) or broadcast (a television program):
        show
        present
        air
        broadcast
        transmit
        televise
        put out
        telecast
        relay
        put on the air
      3. pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes:
        sieve
        riddle
        sift
        strain
        filter
        sort
        winnow
        bolt
        griddle
       
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