Definitionen
1.NounA physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous."a fire screen"
2.NounA material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
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.
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects"Jones caught the foul up against the screen."
3.NounA 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.
4.NounThe protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects"Jones caught the foul up against the screen."
5.NounA stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
6.NounSearching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it."a drug screen, a genetic screen"
7.NounA technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
8.NounVarious forms or formats of information display
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
A room in a cinema.
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen."After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.; Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description."
9.NounThe viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
A room in a cinema.
10.NounA room in a cinema.
11.NounThe informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
12.NounOne of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
13.NounThe visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen."After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.; Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description."
14.NounA disguise; concealment.
15.NounDefinitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
Ellipsis of screen pass.
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
16.NounEllipsis of screen pass.
17.NounAn offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
18.NounAn erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
19.NounA collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
20.NounA 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.
21.NounA large scarf.
22.Noun↑ Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, s.v. "screen" (NY: Gramercy Books, 1996), 1721.
23.VerbTo filter by passing through a screen."Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel."
24.VerbTo filter."Passenger baggage was screened by X-ray to look for weapons."
25.VerbTo shelter or conceal.
26.VerbTo remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts."The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing."
27.VerbTo present publicly (on the screen)."The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight."
28.VerbTo fit with a screen."We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy."
29.VerbTo examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
30.VerbTo search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
31.VerbTo stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
32.VerbTo determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.