Dictionary Definition
screen
Noun
1 a white or silvered surface where pictures can
be projected for viewing [syn: silver
screen, projection
screen]
2 something that keeps things out or hinders
sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn:
blind]
3 display on the surface of the large end of a
cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created [syn: CRT
screen]
4 a covering that serves to conceal or shelter
something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
darkness" [syn: cover,
covert, concealment]
5 protective covering consisting of a metallic
netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors
(especially for protection against insects)
6 a strainer for separating lumps from powdered
material or grading particles [syn: sieve]
7 a door that is a screen to keep insects from
entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen
slam as she left" [syn: screen
door]
8 partition consisting of a decorative frame or
panel that serves to divide a space
Verb
1 test or examine for the presence of disease or
infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: test]
2 examine methodically; "screen the
suitcases"
3 examine in order to test suitability; "screen
these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen out,
sieve, sort]
4 project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a
film"
5 prevent from entering; "block out the strong
sunlight" [syn: block
out]
6 separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
[syn: riddle]
7 protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
[syn: shield]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /skriːn/
- /skri:n/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view.
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
- The informational viewing area of electronic output devices;
the result of the output.
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems”:
- You won't find me living for the screen
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems”:
- The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- The protective
netting which protects
the audience from flying objects
- Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
Synonyms
- sense basketball pick
Translations
a physical divider
- Japanese: ついたて
a material woven from fine wires
- Japanese: フェンス, 柵
the informational viewing area
the viewing area of a movie
- Japanese: スクリーン, 銀幕
basketball: an offensive tactic
- Japanese: スクリーン
baseball: the protective netting
- ttbc Bosnian: ekran
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 幕
- ttbc Chinese:
- Simplified Chinese: 屏幕
- Traditional Chinese: 屏幕
- Pinyin: bingmu
- Traditional Chinese: 屏幕
- Simplified Chinese: 屏幕
- ttbc Croatian: ekran
- ttbc Dutch: scherm
- ttbc French: écran
- ttbc German: Schirm
- ttbc Greek: οθόνη (othoni)
- ttbc Italian: schermo (4), blocco (5)
- ttbc Korean: 스크린 (seukeurin)
- ttbc Latin: umbraculum
- ttbc Macedonian: екран (ekran)
- ttbc Maltese: skrin
- ttbc Polish: ekran
- ttbc Spanish: pantalla , biombo
See also
Verb
- To filter by passing
through a screen.
- Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
- To remove
information, or censor
intellectual material from viewing
- The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
- In the context of "film|television": To present publicly (on the
screen).
- The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
- To fit with a screen.
- We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
Derived terms
Translations
to filter
- Japanese: ふるい落とす, 取り除く, 除外
to remove information
- Japanese: ふるい落とす, 取り除く, 除外
film, television: to present publicly
- Japanese: 発表する
to fit with a screen
- Japanese: qualifier phrase 膜を張る
Extensive Definition
Screen may mean:
- Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window opening
- Fire screen
- Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle
- Screen-printing (silk-screening), a method of printing
- Projection screen, a viewing surface
- Display device, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD)
- Computer display screen
- Television screen
- Electronic page, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device
- Screen (journal), a journal of film and television studies
- GNU Screen, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminals
- Genetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype
- Screen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player
- Screen pass, a play in American Football
- Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the nave
- Sieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones.
- another name for "dynpro" in ABAP programs
- The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an electrical cable, usually either foil or braided wire
Screen may also refer to:
- The Screen Cinema, a cinema in Dublin
screen in Asturian: Pantalla
screen in German: Schirm
screen in Spanish: Pantalla
screen in Esperanto: Ekrano
screen in Basque: Pantaila
screen in French: Écran
screen in Italian: Schermo
screen in Dutch: Scherm
screen in Norwegian Nynorsk: skjerm
screen in Russian: Экран
screen in Simple English: Screen
screen in Slovenian: Ekran
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
TV, TV set,
act drop, advocate,
aegis, alibi, analyze, apology, apply to, arabesque, arm, arm guard, armor, art film, asbestos, asbestos board,
assort, awning, backdrop, backstop, basketry, basketwork, batten, beach umbrella, becloud, befog, blanket, bless, blind, block, block out, bolt, bolter, border, box, buffer, bulwark, bumper, camouflage, cancellation, canopy, categorize, champion, cinema verite,
clarifier, clarify, classify, clear, cloak, close, cloth, clothe, cloud, coat, colander, collate, color, compass about, conceal, concealment, contraceptive, contradistinguish,
cope, copyright, cordon, cordon off, coulisse, counterweight, cover, cover story, cover up,
cover-up, coverage,
covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, cradle, crash helmet, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cross-hatching,
crossing-out, cull, cull
out, curtain, curtain
board, cushion, cyclorama, dashboard, decor, decrassify, defend, demarcate, demark, depurate, device, differentiate, discriminate, disguise, dissemble, distill, distinguish, distract
attention from, divide,
dodger, drape, drapery, draw the curtains, draw
the line, drop, drop
curtain, eclipse,
edulcorate, elute, ensconce, enshroud, ensure, envelop, essentialize, evaluate, examine, excuse, expurgate, extract, facade, face mask, feint, fence, fend, fender, filigree, film, filter, filtrate, finger guard, fire
curtain, flank, flat, flipper, foot guard, fret, fretwork, front, fuse, gauge, ghettoize, gin, gloss, gloss over, goggles, governor, gradate, grade, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, group, guarantee, guard, guard against, guardrail, guise, hachure, hand guard, handle, handrail, hanging, harbor, hard hat, hatching, haven, helmet, hide, honeycomb, hood, housing, insulate, insulation, insure, interlacement, interlock, intertexture, intertwinement, interview, isolate, keep, keep apart, keep aside, keep
from harm, keep under cover, knee guard, knuckle guard, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lame excuse, laminated
glass, lattice, latticework, lay aside, lay
on, lay over, leach, life
preserver, lifeline,
light shield, lightning conductor, lightning rod, lixiviate, lixiviator, locus standi,
make safe, mantle, mark
the interface, mask,
mesh, meshes, meshwork, movies, mudguard, muffle, nestle, net, netting, network, nose guard, nouvelle
vague, obduce, obfuscate, obscure, obstruct, occult, ostensible motive,
overlay, overshadow, overspread, pad, padding, pall, palladium, parasol, partition, patent, percolate, percolator, pick out,
pilot, plexure, plexus, police, poor excuse, porosity, porousness, pretense, pretension, pretext, preventive, process, project, prophylactic, protect, protection, protective
clothing, protective umbrella, protestation, public
motive, purifier,
purify, put aside, put
on, put-off, qualify,
quarantine, raddle, rag, rank, rectify, refine, refiner, refinery, refuge, register, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, ride shotgun for,
rocker, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety
plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve,
scan, scene, scenery, screen out, screening, scum, seat belt, seclude, secure, segregate, select, semblance, separate, set apart, set aside,
set off, sever, severalize, shade, shader, shadow, sham, shelter, shield, shin guard, show, shroud, shut, shut off, shutter, side scene, sieve, sieve out, sievelikeness, sift, sift out, sifter, silver screen, size, slur over, smoke screen,
sort, sort out, sorter, spiritualize, sponge, spread over, stage screw,
stalking-horse, strain,
strainer, stratagem, subdivide, sublimate, sublime, subordinate, subterfuge, subtilize, sun helmet,
sunblind, sunshade, superimpose, superpose, tab, tableau, teaser, television, television
receiver, televisor,
telly, texture, the cinema, the movies,
the pictures, the screen, the silver screen, thrash, thresh, tissue, tormentor, tracery, transformation,
transformation scene, trellis, trelliswork, trick, try, umbrage, umbrella, underwrite, varnish, veil, vestment, vet, wall, wall off, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, whitewash, wicker, wickerwork, windscreen, windshield, wing, wingcut, winnow, winnowing basket,
winnowing fan, winnowing machine, woodcut, wraps