English dictionary
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English noun: screen | |||
| 1. | screen (artifact) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing | ||
| Synonyms | projection screen, silver screen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | wide screen | ||
| 2. | screen (artifact) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | ||
| Samples | They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet. | ||
| Synonyms | blind | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protection, protective cover, protective covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blinder, blinker, curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, shutter, window blind, winker | ||
| 3. | screen (artifact) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube | ||
| Synonyms | CRT screen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, video display | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | background, computer display, computer screen, desktop, screen background | ||
| Part holonym | foreground | ||
| Part meronym | cathode-ray tube, CRT | ||
| 4. | screen (artifact) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | ||
| Samples | A screen of trees afforded privacy. Under cover of darkness. The brush provided a covert for game. The simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background. | ||
| Synonyms | concealment, cover, covert | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind, camouflage, shoji, stalking-horse | ||
| 5. | screen (artifact) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame | ||
| Samples | They put screens in the windows for protection against insects. A metal screen protected the observers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protection, protective cover, protective covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fire screen, fireguard, mosquito net, smoke screen, smokescreen, window screen, windscreen, windshield | ||
| Part meronym | screen, screen door | ||
| Substance holonym | screening | ||
| 6. | screen (group) the personnel of the film industry | ||
| Samples | A star of stage and screen. | ||
| Synonyms | filmdom, screenland | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | film industry, movie industry | ||
| 7. | screen (artifact) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | ||
| Synonyms | sieve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strainer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | riddle, sifter | ||
| 8. | screen (artifact) a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door | ||
| Samples | He heard the screen slam as she left. | ||
| Synonyms | screen door | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | door | ||
| Part holonym | screen | ||
| 9. | screen (artifact) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divider, partition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | altarpiece, purdah, reredos, rood screen | ||
English verb: screen | |||
| 1. | screen (social) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | ||
| Samples | Screen the blood for the HIV virus. | ||
| Synonyms | test | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check | ||
| 2. | screen (cognition) examine methodically | ||
| Samples | Screen the suitcases. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study | ||
| Entail | do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of | ||
| 3. | screen (social) examine in order to test suitability | ||
| Samples | Screen these samples. Screen the job applicants. | ||
| Synonyms | screen out, sieve, sort | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
| 4. | screen (perception) project onto a screen for viewing | ||
| Samples | Screen a film. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue screen the movie | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | show | ||
| 5. | screen (contact) prevent from entering | ||
| Samples | Block out the strong sunlight. | ||
| Synonyms | block out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shade | ||
| 6. | screen (contact) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | ||
| Synonyms | riddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sieve, sift, strain | ||
| 7. | screen (competition) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | ||
| Synonyms | shield | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protect | ||
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