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

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

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

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

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"

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

examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"

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

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

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

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

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

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"

examine methodically; test for suitability

project onto a screen for viewing; of films

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

An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A light, movable partition for protection; a shield; as, a door screen; a curtain; anything in the nature of a protection from observation, etc.; a coarse sieve; a surface on which images are projected by a moving-picture machine or a magic lantern.

To shut off from danger, observation, etc.; to shelter or conceal; protect; pass through a coarse sieve; to project (a picture) upon a screen with a moving-picture machine or magic lantern.

Screener.

That which shelters from danger or observation: a partition in churches: a coarse riddle for sifting coal, etc.

To shelter or conceal: to pass through a coarse riddle.

A partition; something to shelter or interpose; a long coarse sieve.

To shelter; conceal; pass through a coarse sieve.

To shield from observation or annoyance.

To sift.

Anything that shields, as a light partition.

n. [German, French] Anything that shelters or protects from danger, prevents inconvenience, shuts off view, &c. a partition which separates one part of a church from the other; —a division in a half or public room;—a curtain a long, coarse riddle or ppr. screwing.