screen

noun

/ˈskɹiːn/

Etymology

From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.

derived from *skrankaz✻
derived from *skrank✻
derived from *scranc✻ — “barrier”
derived from *(s)ker-✻
derived from *skirmiz✻
derived from *skirmi✻
derived from skirm
derived from scherm
derived from escren
derived from escren
inherited from scren

Definitions

1
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something…
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- a fire screen
- Your leavy screens throw down.
- There is also great use of ambitious men in being screens to princes in matters of danger and envy
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from…
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
3
Searching through a sample for a target
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
- a drug screen, a genetic screen
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1. Various forms or formats of information display
2. 5
  A disguise
  A disguise; concealment.
  - They'd say he was operating behind a screen of guilelessness and was a superhypocrite.
3. Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
4. An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the…
  An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
5. A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the…
  A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
6. A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection,…
  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, etc.
7. A large scarf.
8. 11
  To filter by passing through a screen.
  - Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
9. 12
  To filter.
  - Passenger baggage was screened by X-ray to look for weapons.
10. To shelter or conceal.
11. 14
  To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
  - The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
  - "It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I will not buy them with his daughter's hand."
12. 15
  To present publicly (on the screen).
  - The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
13. 16
  To fit with a screen.
  - We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
14. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to…
  To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
15. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify…
  To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
16. To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
17. 20
  To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the…
  To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
  - A Phone to Screen Calls
  - If you screen your calls as a time management technique, try this message: I'm not near my phone right now, but I should be able to return calls after 3:30.
  - The new phones can take pictures, screen calls and even make calls on their own.
18. A surname.

The neighborhood

neighborskirmishRelated terms of screen (noun)

Derived

screened-in, screener, screen in, screen out

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at screen. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at screen. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at screen

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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