screen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: screen	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for screen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screen n a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing Synonym(s): screen, silver screen, projection screen a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" Synonym(s): blind, screen the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube Synonym(s): screen, CRT screen a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" Synonym(s): screen, cover, covert, concealment a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers" the personnel of the film industry; "a star of stage and screen" Synonym(s): filmdom, screenland, screen a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles Synonym(s): sieve, screen a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left" Synonym(s): screen door, screen partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space v test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" Synonym(s): screen, test examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" Synonym(s): screen, screen out, sieve, sort project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film" prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" Synonym(s): screen, block out separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff Synonym(s): riddle, screen protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm Synonym(s): shield, screen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screen \Screen\ (skr[emac]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. [82]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. Your leavy screens throw down. --Shak. Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. --Bacon. 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. 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screen \Screen\ (skr[emac]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. They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands. --Macaulay. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screen \Screen\ (skr[emac]n), n. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
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.