Screen

Quick meaning: Screen is a noun meaning A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

Meaning

A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

More Meanings

1. (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
2. Various forms or formats of information display
3. (figurative) A disguise; concealment.
4. Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
5. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
6. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
7. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

Example Sentences

a fire screen

Your leavy screens throw down.

a drug screen, a genetic screen

Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

Word Forms

• screens
• screening
• screened

Synonyms for screen

Depending on context, synonyms include pick, cover, shield, sieve, test, concealment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cover, sieve, shield, sort, test, covert.

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