screens
Meaning of screens
plural noun
- 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
- 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
- a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
- test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
- 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
- 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.
- Languages in which screens is used:
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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:
Meaning a machine or device that separates something into its constituent or distinct elements:
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:
Meaning a wall hanging made of a rich tapestry fabric, typically used to conceal an alcove:
Meaning a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats:
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:
Meaning a screen or blind on a window:
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:
Meaning an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed:
Meaning a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind:
Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:
Meaning a screen which displays an image generated by a computer:
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:
Meaning a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning:
Meaning a device having holes punched in it or made of crossed wires for separating solid matter from a liquid:
Meaning a perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food after washing or cooking:
Meaning a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it:
Meaning blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff:
Meaning a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food:
Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:
Meaning put or keep out of sight:
Meaning cover (the face) with a mask:
Meaning enclose or screen (a piece of machinery) to protect the user:
Meaning protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning cover with a veil:
Meaning hide, cover, or disguise (something):
Meaning hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage:
Meaning give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity:
Meaning allow or cause (something) to be visible:
Meaning in a particular place:
Meaning broadcast (a programme) on radio or television:
Meaning transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television:
Meaning cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another:
Meaning transmit by television:
Meaning receive and pass on (information or a message):
Meaning put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:
Meaning cause liquid to drain off (food which has been boiled, soaked, or canned) by using a porous or perforated device:
Meaning arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Anagrams of screens
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