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screen
  1. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
  2. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
    1. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
  3. The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
  4. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
  5. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
  6. (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
  7. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
  8. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
  9. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
  10. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
  11. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
  12. (architecture) 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, etc.
  13. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
  14. (Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “The room was perfunctory, with a bed and wardrobe, and behind a privacy screen lay a simple bathroom.”
      “Fishing nets were hung in folds on each side of the passenger cabins as a screen to defend against bullets.”
      “It's a wittily contrived story about an elusive author who seems to have some very good reasons for concealing his life behind a screen of mystery.”
screening
  1. (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
  2. The process of checking or filtering.
  3. The showing of a film
  4. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  5. (plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  6. (soccer) shielding
  7. (medicine) A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “The network's screening of graphic, gory images has been a controversial and much-debated issue.”
      “How else could one explain the network's screening of Oshin, a new Japanese soapie which will appeal to no one save Japanese expatriates?”
      “The screening of documents is done to examine potentially relevant materials and to eliminate, as efficiently as possible, those documents which are unlikely to be needed.”
screensaver
  1. (software) A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.
  2. (proscribed) The background picture of a computer, smartphone, or similar mobile device.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Lycos is offering a screensaver which, once downloaded, would launch a Distributed Denial of Service attack against spam websites.”
      “I didn't check the others, but the Opteron box was displaying a generic screensaver over a locked console.”
      “The program provides a screensaver that depicts the celestial sphere with the major constellations outlined.”
screener
  1. One who, or that which, screens.
    1. (mining, historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.
  2. An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  3. Examples:
    1. “It just takes a bit of misdirection on the part of the passer, and it helps to get the pass on the way as the screener is turning around.”
      “So if you are wondering about what to bone up on if you want to be a security screener don't ask me.”
      “The screener must decide whether a complaint raises a question of serious professional misconduct.”
screenland
  1. The industry of films and filmmaking.
  2. Cyberspace, as accessed through a computer screen.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “But she was deep in the latest copy of screenland and could spare time only for the paper bag of chocolates next to her.”
      “Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.”
      “Paul's arrival in Hollywood coincided with an increase in public awareness that all wasn't perfect in screenland. In Hollywood, most early-1920s problems were drug-related.”
screenwork
  1. (architecture) Work in the form of a screen.
  2. Work done for film or television, such as directing.
screenburn
  1. Damage caused to some older computer screens where a frequently-displayed image "burns" a dull copy of itself onto the screen, and remains permanently visible.
screenager
  1. A teenager who spends a lot of time in front of the screen of a personal computer or video game console.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The screenager sees how the entire mediaspace is a cooperative dream, made up of the combined projections of everyone who takes part.”
      “Of course, the concept of the screenager is nothing new, but Tapscott fleshes out what it means for them now and for society in the future.”
      “When Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw shows up on the evening news, the screenager doesn't experience this broadcast as the gospel truth.”
screenwriter
  1. One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ask people to name a contemporary screenwriter and even some of the most ardent film buffs might be left scratching their heads.”
      “Duncan Kenworthy demanded 20 rewrites from screenwriter Richard Curtis on Four Weddings and a Funeral.”
      “After all, what Hollywood screenwriter would spend half an hour foreshadowing an event that never arrives?”
screenscape
  1. The view offered by a screen display; its arrangement of visual elements.
screenman
  1. (mining, historical) A person employed to screen the coal to remove impurities.
screenspace
  1. (computing) The space available on a screen display.
screenee
  1. One who undergoes screening.
screenful
  1. As much as fits on a screen.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The submitted essays range in length from a few terse words to a screenful of close type.”
      “Gather more information on claims and claimants, in each screenful of options.”
      “Upon installation, it asks a screenful of personal information, and is enabled by default to report back to HQ a bevy of information about your computer system.”
screenable
  1. Material that can be screened.
screenwriters
  1. plural of screenwriter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The screenwriters stay close to the central relationship, without losing touch with the freedom of thought amongst the Mexican intelligentsia.”
      “Writing about factual events is both appealing and challenging for screenwriters.”
      “Awarded the CBE in 1994, Rosenthal was one of Britain's most prolific screenwriters in a career spanning more than three decades.”
screenscapes
  1. plural of screenscape
screensavers
  1. plural of screensaver
screenagers
  1. plural of screenager
  2. Examples:
    1. “Clever games designers have worked out exactly how to push the buttons of screenagers in the way other media have failed to do.”
      “It's about how screenagers see the world through communications technology, and all that kind of thing.”
      “Anyone who thought the personal computer, with its dull, office-furniture styling, was going to be the device to open up the online world to screenagers needs to think again.”
screenables
  1. plural of screenable
screenmen
  1. plural of screenman
screenfuls
  1. plural of screenful
screenings
  1. plural of screening
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “At special test screenings, seven out of ten viewers were reduced to tears by the poignant, but simple messages portrayed in the film.”
      “The festival will include introductory lectures as well as screenings of major Spanish films.”
      “Gradually the kinks were ironed out, and the screenings became more dependable.”
screensful
  1. plural of screenful
screenees
  1. plural of screenee
screeners
  1. plural of screener
screens
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