screen

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n.

1) a movable or fixed device, usu. consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc

2) a permanent, usu. ornamental partition, as around the choir of a church

3) mot a specially prepared, light-reflecting surface on which motion pictures, slides, etc., may be projected

4) motion pictures collectively or the motion-picture industry

5) elo cmp the part of a television or computer on which a picture is formed or information is displayed

6) anything that shelters, protects, or conceals

7) a frame holding a mesh of wire, cloth, or plastic, for placing in a window or doorway, to admit air but exclude insects

8) bui min a sieve or other meshlike device used to separate smaller particles or objects from larger ones

9) a system for screening or grouping people, objects, etc

10) mil a body of troops sent out to protect the movement of an army

11) mil a protective formation of small vessels, as destroyers, around a larger ship or ships

12) pht a plate of ground glass or the like on which the image is brought into focus in a camera before being photographed

13) pri Print. a glass plate on which two sets of intersecting lines have been etched, used to make halftones

14) spo (in sports) any of various interposing plays or tactics to protect a teammate with the ball or to obstruct an opponent

15) to shelter, protect, or conceal with or as if with a screen

16) to select, reject or consider (people, objects, ideas, etc.) by examining systematically

17) to provide with a screen or screens

18) bui to sift or sort by passing through a screen

19)

a) mot to project (a motion picture, slide, etc.) on a screen

b) to photograph with a motion-picture camera; film

c) to adapt (a story, play, etc.) for presentation as a motion picture

20) pri to lighten (type or areas of a line engraving) by etching a regular pattern of dots or lines into the printing surface

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Etymology: 1350–1400; (n.) < AF; OF escren < Frankish *skrank, c. OHG scrank barrier screen′a•ble, adj. screen′er, n.