screen >> skriːn
Definition: [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.
Example: the Special Branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses
Definition: [noun] a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed.
Example: a television screen
Definition: [noun] a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction.
Definition: [noun] a system of checking a person or thing for the presence or absence of something, typically a disease.
Example: services offered by the centre include a health screen for people who have just joined the company
Definition: [noun] a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body.
Example: HMS Prince Leopold and HMS Prince Charles sailed for Shetland with a screen of four destroyers
Definition: [noun] a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes.
Example: the material retained on each sieve screen is weighed in turn
Definition: [verb] conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.
Example: her hair swung across to screen her face
Definition: [verb] show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
Example: the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
Definition: [verb] test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
Example: outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
Definition: [verb] pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes.
Example: granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down
Definition: [verb] project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.