screen.
A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
Meaning & usage
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
a fire screen
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. 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, etc.
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A stand of trees or other plants that can block wind.
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A military or nautical formation that blocks or separates; a collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A disguise; concealment.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. A mesh layer in a window or doorway that lets in fresh air but keeps out pests.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
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 protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
a drug screen, a genetic screen
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it. A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it. A system intended to separate something into groups based on various criteria.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. The viewing surface or area of a movie or of a moving picture or slide presentation.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. The viewing surface or area of a movie or of a moving picture or slide presentation. A room in a cinema.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.
Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description.
A surface on which various forms or formats of information are displayed. An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player Ellipsis of screen pass.
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
A large scarf.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.
To filter by passing through a screen.
Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
To filter.
Passenger baggage was screened by X-ray to look for weapons.
To shelter or conceal.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
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.
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.
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