SCREEN


Meaning of SCREEN in English

n. 25B6; noun

he dressed hurriedly behind the screen : PARTITION, (room) divider; windbreak.

a computer with a 15-inch screen : DISPLAY, monitor, visual display unit, VDU; cathode-ray tube, CRT.

every window has a screen because of mosquitoes : MESH, net, netting.

the hedge acts as a screen against the wind : BUFFER, protection, shield, shelter, guard.

the earth must be put through a screen : SIEVE, riddle, strainer, colander, filter.

25B6; verb

the end of the hall had been screened of : PARTITION OFF, divide off, separate off, curtain off.

the cottage was screened by the trees : CONCEAL, hide, veil; shield, shelter, shade, protect, guard, safeguard.

the prospective candidates will have to be screened : VET, check, check up on, investigate; informal check out.

all donated blood is screened for the virus : CHECK, test, examine, investigate.

coal used to be screened by hand : SIEVE, riddle, sift, strain, filter, winnow.

the programme is screened on Thursday evenings : SHOW, broadcast, transmit, televise, put out, put on the air.

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