screen

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

screensskreen

1.
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
a fire screen
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.
(by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
a drug screen, a genetic screen
4.
Various forms or formats of information display
5.
(figuratively)(figurative) A disguise; concealment.
6.
Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
7.
(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
8.
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
9.
(architecture) 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.
10.
(Scotland, archaic)A large scarf.

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verb

V_es/s

screens

V_ing/Gerund

screening

V_ed/pp

screenedskreen

1.
To filter by passing through a screen.
Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
2.
(broadly, figuratively)(figurative, by extension) To filter.
Passenger baggage was screened by X-ray to look for weapons.
3.
To shelter or conceal.
4.
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.
5.
(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
6.
To fit with a screen.
We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
7.
(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
8.
(molecular biology) 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.
9.
(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
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10.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
A Phone to Screen Calls

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ine-pro From Middle English scren, screne (windscreen, firescreen), from escren (firescreen, the tester of a bed), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern écran screen), from Middle Dutch scherm, from skirm, from *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (fur, shelter, covering, screen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut, divide).