Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Screening.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            They were encouraged and screened by some who were
            in high commands.                     --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate
      them into groups or to select one or more for some
      purpose. As:
      (a) To inspect the qualifications of candidates for a job,
          to select one or more to be hired.
      (b) (Biochem., Med.) to test a large number of samples, in
          order to find those having specific desirable
          properties; as, to screen plant extracts for
          anticancer agents.
          [PJC]

	

	Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran,
   F. ['e]cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen,
   OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a
   trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Your leavy screens throw down.        --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in
            matters of danger and envy.           --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Arch.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on
      the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
      better.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used
      mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while
      excluding insects.

   Screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a
      screen.

   Screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for
      insertion into a window frame.
      [PJC]

   7. The surface of an electronic device, as a television set
      or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed.
      The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube
      containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but
      other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen
      are also used, as in flat-panel displays.
      [PJC]

   8. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "A star of
      stage and screen."
      [PJC]

	

	screen
     n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected
          for viewing [syn: silver screen, projection screen]
     2: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had
        just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind]
     3: display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray
        tube on which is electronically created [syn: CRT screen]
     4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
        "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
        darkness" [syn: cover, covert, concealment]
     5: protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted
        in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for
        protection against insects)
     6: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or
        grading particles [syn: sieve]
     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" [syn: screen door]
     8: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that
        serves to divide a space
     v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;
          "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: test]
     2: examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"
     3: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
        samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen out,
        sieve, sort]
     4: project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film"
     5: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [syn:
         block out]
     6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle]
     7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield]

	

	420 Moby Thesaurus words for "screen":
   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

	

	screen n. [Atari ST demoscene] One demoeffect or one screenful of
   them. Probably comes from old Sierra-style adventures or shoot-em-ups
   where one travels from one place to another one screenful at a time.

	

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