screens

Meaning of screens

plural noun
  1. a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy.
    the Special Branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses
    a room with a red carpet and screens with oriental decorations
  2. a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed.
    a television screen
    a computer screen
    a giant video screen
  3. a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction.
  4. a system of checking a person or thing for the presence or absence of something, typically a disease.
    services offered by the centre include a health screen for people who have just joined the company
  5. a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body.
    HMS Prince Leopold and HMS Prince Charles sailed for Shetland with a screen of four destroyers
  6. a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes.
    the material retained on each sieve screen is weighed in turn
verb, 3rd person present
  1. conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.
    her hair swung across to screen her face
    a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by
  2. show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
    the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
  3. test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
    outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
  4. pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes.
    granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down
  5. project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.

Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.

Information about screens

  • The singular form of screens is: screen.
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Hyphenation of screens

screens

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • screens is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

screens synonyms

Meaning a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall:

partition

Meaning a machine or device that separates something into its constituent or distinct elements:

separator

Meaning a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window:

curtain

Meaning a wall hanging made of a rich tapestry fabric, typically used to conceal an alcove:

arras

Meaning a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats:

blind

Meaning a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off a shop window, doorway, or ship's deck:

awning

Meaning a screen or blind on a window:

shade

Meaning each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light:

shutter

Meaning an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed:

canopy

Meaning a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind:

windbreak

Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:

display

Meaning a screen which displays an image generated by a computer:

monitor

Meaning a utensil consisting of a wire or plastic mesh held in a frame, used for straining solids from liquids, for separating coarser from finer particles, or for reducing soft solids to a pulp:

sieve

Meaning a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning:

riddle

Meaning a device having holes punched in it or made of crossed wires for separating solid matter from a liquid:

strainer

Meaning a perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food after washing or cooking:

colander

Meaning a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it:

filter

Meaning blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff:

winnow

Meaning a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food:

griddle

Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:

conceal

Meaning put or keep out of sight:

hide

Meaning cover (the face) with a mask:

mask

Meaning enclose or screen (a piece of machinery) to protect the user:

shield

Meaning protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather:

shelter

Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:

protect

Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:

guard

Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:

safeguard

Meaning cover with a veil:

veil

Meaning hide, cover, or disguise (something):

cloak

Meaning hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage:

camouflage

Meaning give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity:

disguise

Meaning allow or cause (something) to be visible:

show

Meaning in a particular place:

present

Meaning broadcast (a programme) on radio or television:

air

Meaning transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television:

broadcast

Meaning cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another:

transmit

Meaning transmit by television:

televise, telecast

Meaning receive and pass on (information or a message):

relay

Meaning put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:

sift

Meaning cause liquid to drain off (food which has been boiled, soaked, or canned) by using a porous or perforated device:

strain

Meaning arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type:

sort

Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:

bolt

Anagrams of screens

censers, scernes, secerns

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