SCREEN

I. noun see: shear Date: 14th century a protective or ornamental device (as a movable partition) shielding an area from heat or drafts or from view, something that shelters, protects, or hides: as, a growth or stand of trees, shrubs, or plants, a protective formation of troops, ships, or planes, something that covers or disguises the true nature (as of an activity or feeling) , d. a maneuver in various sports (as basketball or ice hockey) whereby an opponent is legally impeded or the opponent's view of the play is momentarily blocked, ~ pass , 3. a perforated plate or cylinder or a meshed wire or cloth fabric usually mounted and used to separate coarser from finer parts, a system for examining and separating into different groups, a piece of apparatus designed to prevent agencies in one part from affecting other parts , a frame holding a usually metallic netting used especially in a window or door to exclude pests (as insects), 4. a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected or reflected, the surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set, radar receiver, or computer terminal), a glass plate ruled with crossing opaque lines through which an image is photographed in making a halftone, the motion-picture medium or industry, II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to guard from injury or danger, 2. to give shelter or protection to with or as if with a ~, to separate with or as if with a ~, 3. to pass (as coal, gravel, or ashes) through a ~ to separate the fine part from the coarse, b. to examine usually methodically in order to make a separation into different groups, to select or eliminate by a ~ing process, to test or examine for the presence of something (as a disease) , to provide with a ~ to keep out pests (as insects), 5. a. to present (as a motion picture) for viewing on a ~, to view the presentation of (as a motion picture), to present in a motion picture, intransitive verb to appear on a motion-picture ~, to provide a ~ in a game or sport, see: hide ~able adjective ~er noun