screen
A physical barrier that shelters or hidesA physical barrier that shelters or hides.: A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
» What's the screen resolution?
Що таке роздільна здатність екрану?
Meaning
20 sensesA physical barrier that shelters or hides.
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
a fire screen
Schirm, Paravent, Sichtschutz
экра́нekrán, ши́рмаšírma, засло́нzaslón
екра́нekrán, ши́рмаšýrma, засло́нzaslón
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.
A stand of trees or other plants that can block wind.
A military or nautical formation that blocks or separates; a collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
(figuratively)A disguise; concealment.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
A mesh layer in a window or doorway that lets in fresh air but keeps out pests.
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
a drug screen, a genetic screen
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
(countable)A system intended to separate something into groups based on various criteria.
Examples
328 sentencesWhat's the screen resolution?
Що таке роздільна здатність екрану? — deniko
Tom's eyes were glued to the screen.
Очі Тома були прикуті до екрану. — deniko
ruГлаза Тома были прикованы к экрану. — marafon
Tom pushed open the screen door.
Tom is looking at his computer screen.
Tom looked at what was on the computer screen.
deTom sah sich die Anzeige des Rechnerbildschirmes an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“fFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: screensSynonyms
11 synonyms- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something:covercovertconcealment
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube:CRT screen
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing:silver screenprojection screen
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight:blind
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles:sieve
- the personnel of the film industry:filmdomscreenland
Word family
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