Screen

Noun

 * 1) A physical divider intended to block an area from view.
 * 2) A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
 * 3) The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
 * 4) * 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems”:
 * You won't find me living for the screen
 * 1) The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
 * 2)  An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
 * 3)  The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
 * Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
 * 1) In mining and quarries, 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.
 * 2)  A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
 * 3)  A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

Synonyms

 * pick

Verb

 * 1) To filter by passing through a screen.
 * Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
 * 1) To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing
 * The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
 * 1)  To present publicly (on the screen).
 * The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
 * 1) To fit with a screen.
 * We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

Derived terms

 * screener

Adjectives for Screen
featureless; leafy;  costly;  omnipresent; mendacious; little; hand; impenetrable; luminous; stubble; theoretical; shadowy; fluorescent.

Verbs for Screen
contrive—; employ—; fold—; frame—; hinge—; insert—; necessitate—; observe through—; project on—; remp; view on—; —encloses; —envelops; —guards.

Adverbs for Screen
protectively; effectually; leafily; faithfully; modernistically; coveniently.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
screne: 'windscreen, firescreen', from escren: 'firescreen, the tester of a bed' (compare French écran: 'screen'), from Old Low Franconian *skrank 'barrier' (compare  Schrank 'cupboard', Schranke 'fence').

Noun

 * Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: Bildschirm
 * Hebrew: מסך
 * Italian: paravento
 * Japanese: ついたて


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, ширма, заслон
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Japanese: フェンス,


 * Russian: сетка


 * Arabic: شاشة
 * Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 屏幕 (píngmù)
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: スクリーン, 画面
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ширма
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: skrin, televidaskrin,  nünömaskrin


 * Arabic: شاشة
 * Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
 * Chinese: 屏 (píng), 屏幕 (píngmù), 銀幕, 银幕 (yínmù)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: スクリーン, 銀幕
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ekran


 * Japanese: スクリーン


 * Finnish: suojaverkko


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: criba


 * Czech:


 * Finnish:


 * : ekran
 * : ekran
 * : scherm
 * : Schirm
 * : οθόνη (othoni)
 * : 스크린 (seukeurin)


 * : umbraculum
 * : екран (ekran)
 * : skrin
 * : ekran
 * : pantalla, biombo

Verb

 * Japanese: ふるい落とす, 取り除く, 除外


 * Japanese: ふるい落とす, 取り除く, 除外


 * Japanese:


 * Japanese: 膜を張る

Anagrams

 * censer
 * scener