Screen ¹

Definition: 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.

Screen ²

Definition: 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.

Screen ³

Definition: 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.

Screen ⁴

Definition: 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.

Screen ⁵

Definition: 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.

Screen ⁶

Definition: 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.

screen ⁷

Definition: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

screen ⁸

Definition: protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)

screen ⁹

Definition: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness"

screen ¹⁰

Definition: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

screen ¹¹

Definition: display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created

screen ¹²

Definition: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

screen ¹³

Definition: 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"

screen ¹⁴

Definition: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

screen ¹⁵

Definition: examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"

screen ¹⁶

Definition: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

screen ¹⁷

Definition: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

screen ¹⁸

Definition: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight"

screen ¹⁹

Definition: project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film"

screen ²⁰

Definition: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"

screen ²¹

Definition: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"