screen

Noun

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

• 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
    

• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

• the personnel of the film industry
  • a star of stage and screen
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube

• a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
  • they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
    

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

Verb

• protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

• prevent from entering
  • block out the strong sunlight
    

• project onto a screen for viewing
  • screen a film
    

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

• examine methodically
  • screen the suitcases
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  screen door , sieve , filmdom , screenland , cover , covert , concealment , CRT screen , blind , silver screen , projection screen , shield , riddle , block out , screen out , sort , test