screen

v. cover with a curtain; filter, sift; hide, conceal; separate, divide; protect, shield; project a film, show a movie

n. part of a television or computer monitor where the picture is displayed; surface onto which films are projected; partition, divider; mesh for covering the openings of windows and doors; sieve, strainer; shelter, defense; camouflage, cover

Screen may mean: Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window openingFire screen Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicleScreen-printing (silk-screening), a method of printingProjection screen, a viewing surfaceDisplay 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 studiesGNU Screen, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminalsGenetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotypeScreen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another playerScreen pass, a play in American Football.Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the naveSieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones.another name for "dynpro" in ABAP programs
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Screen 1. a structure resembling a curtain or partition, used as a protection or shield, e.g., against excessive radiation exposure. 2. [more]Screen - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
(synonym) silver screen, projection screen
(hypernym) surface
(hyponym) wide screen
2. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
(synonym) blind
(hypernym) protective covering, protective cover, protection
(hyponym) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
(derivation) shield
3. display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
(synonym) CRT screen
(hypernym) display
(hyponym) background, desktop, screen background
(part-holonym) cathode-ray tube, CRT
(part-meronym) foreground
4. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"
(synonym) cover, covert, concealment
(hypernym) covering
(hyponym) blind
5. protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)
(hypernym) protective covering, protective cover, protection
(hyponym) fire screen, fireguard
(part-holonym) screen door
(substance-meronym) screening
6. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
(synonym) sieve
(hypernym) strainer
(hyponym) riddle
(derivation) riddle
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"
(synonym) screen door
(hypernym) door
(derivation) shield
8. partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
(hypernym) partition, divider
(hyponym) altarpiece, reredos
(derivation) shield
Verb
1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
(synonym) test
(hypernym) check
2. examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"
(hypernym) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
(entail) eliminate, get rid of, do away with
(derivation) screener
3. examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
(synonym) screen out, sieve, sort
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(derivation) screening
4. project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film"
(hypernym) show
(derivation) silver screen, projection screen
5. prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight"
(synonym) block out
(hypernym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(hyponym) shade
(derivation) blind
6. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
(synonym) riddle
(hypernym) sift, sieve, strain
(derivation) sieve
7. protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
(synonym) shield
(hypernym) protect
(derivation) blind

(v. t.)
To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
  

(v. t.)
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
  

(n.)
Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
  

(n.)
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
  

(n.)
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
  

(n.)
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, or the like.