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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              They were encouraged and screened by some who were
              in high commands.                     --Macaulay.
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     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.
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     3. to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate
        them into groups or to select one or more for some
        purpose. As:
        (a) To inspect the qualifications of candidates for a job,
            to select one or more to be hired.
        (b) (Biochem., Med.) to test a large number of samples, in
            order to find those having specific desirable
            properties; as, to screen plant extracts for
            anticancer agents.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Your leavy screens throw down.        --Shak.
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              Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in
              matters of danger and envy.           --Bacon.
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     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.
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     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.
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     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.
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     5. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on
        the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
        better.
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     6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used
        mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while
        excluding insects.
  
     {Screen door}, a door of which half or more is composed of a
        screen.
  
     {Screen window}, a screen inside a frame, fitted for
        insertion into a window frame.
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     7. The surface of an electronic device, as a television set
        or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed.
        The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube
        containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but
        other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen
        are also used, as in flat-panel displays.
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     8. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "A star of
        stage and screen."
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray
          tube on which is electronically created [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: protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted
          in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for
          protection 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 from entering a
          building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam
          as she left" [syn: {screen door}]
       8: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that
          serves 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; "screen the suitcases"
       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; "screen a film"
       5: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  420 Moby Thesaurus words for "screen":
     TV, TV set, act drop, advocate, aegis, alibi, analyze, apology,
     apply to, arabesque, arm, arm guard, armor, art film, asbestos,
     asbestos board, assort, awning, backdrop, backstop, basketry,
     basketwork, batten, beach umbrella, becloud, befog, blanket, bless,
     blind, block, block out, bolt, bolter, border, box, buffer,
     bulwark, bumper, camouflage, cancellation, canopy, categorize,
     champion, cinema verite, clarifier, clarify, classify, clear,
     cloak, close, cloth, clothe, cloud, coat, colander, collate, color,
     compass about, conceal, concealment, contraceptive,
     contradistinguish, cope, copyright, cordon, cordon off, coulisse,
     counterweight, cover, cover story, cover up, cover-up, coverage,
     covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, cradle, crash helmet,
     cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cross-hatching, crossing-out,
     cull, cull out, curtain, curtain board, cushion, cyclorama,
     dashboard, decor, decrassify, defend, demarcate, demark, depurate,
     device, differentiate, discriminate, disguise, dissemble, distill,
     distinguish, distract attention from, divide, dodger, drape,
     drapery, draw the curtains, draw the line, drop, drop curtain,
     eclipse, edulcorate, elute, ensconce, enshroud, ensure, envelop,
     essentialize, evaluate, examine, excuse, expurgate, extract,
     facade, face mask, feint, fence, fend, fender, filigree, film,
     filter, filtrate, finger guard, fire curtain, flank, flat, flipper,
     foot guard, fret, fretwork, front, fuse, gauge, ghettoize, gin,
     gloss, gloss over, goggles, governor, gradate, grade, grate,
     grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, group, guarantee,
     guard, guard against, guardrail, guise, hachure, hand guard,
     handle, handrail, hanging, harbor, hard hat, hatching, haven,
     helmet, hide, honeycomb, hood, housing, insulate, insulation,
     insure, interlacement, interlock, intertexture, intertwinement,
     interview, isolate, keep, keep apart, keep aside, keep from harm,
     keep under cover, knee guard, knuckle guard, lace, lacery,
     lacework, lacing, lame excuse, laminated glass, lattice,
     latticework, lay aside, lay on, lay over, leach, life preserver,
     lifeline, light shield, lightning conductor, lightning rod,
     lixiviate, lixiviator, locus standi, make safe, mantle,
     mark the interface, mask, mesh, meshes, meshwork, movies, mudguard,
     muffle, nestle, net, netting, network, nose guard, nouvelle vague,
     obduce, obfuscate, obscure, obstruct, occult, ostensible motive,
     overlay, overshadow, overspread, pad, padding, pall, palladium,
     parasol, partition, patent, percolate, percolator, pick out, pilot,
     plexure, plexus, police, poor excuse, porosity, porousness,
     pretense, pretension, pretext, preventive, process, project,
     prophylactic, protect, protection, protective clothing,
     protective umbrella, protestation, public motive, purifier, purify,
     put aside, put on, put-off, qualify, quarantine, raddle, rag, rank,
     rectify, refine, refiner, refinery, refuge, register, reticle,
     reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, ride shotgun for,
     rocker, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail,
     safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, scan, scene, scenery,
     screen out, screening, scum, seat belt, seclude, secure, segregate,
     select, semblance, separate, set apart, set aside, set off, sever,
     severalize, shade, shader, shadow, sham, shelter, shield,
     shin guard, show, shroud, shut, shut off, shutter, side scene,
     sieve, sieve out, sievelikeness, sift, sift out, sifter,
     silver screen, size, slur over, smoke screen, sort, sort out,
     sorter, spiritualize, sponge, spread over, stage screw,
     stalking-horse, strain, strainer, stratagem, subdivide, sublimate,
     sublime, subordinate, subterfuge, subtilize, sun helmet, sunblind,
     sunshade, superimpose, superpose, tab, tableau, teaser, television,
     television receiver, televisor, telly, texture, the cinema,
     the movies, the pictures, the screen, the silver screen, thrash,
     thresh, tissue, tormentor, tracery, transformation,
     transformation scene, trellis, trelliswork, trick, try, umbrage,
     umbrella, underwrite, varnish, veil, vestment, vet, wall, wall off,
     wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, whitewash,
     wicker, wickerwork, windscreen, windshield, wing, wingcut, winnow,
     winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine, woodcut,
     wraps
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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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