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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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[=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. 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[=e]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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which an electronically created image is formed [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: a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors for protection (especially 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 out of a building; "he heard the screen slam as she left" [syn: {screen door}] 8: a decorative frame or panel serving 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; test for suitability 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; of films 5: prevent from entering, as of light [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}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 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.
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