Meaning of screen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
3. the script of a film. draaiboek نَص الفِلْم، مَخْطوطَة الفِلْم сценарий roteiro scénář das Fernsehspiel drejebog σενάριοguión käsikiri فيلمنامه elokuvakäsikirjoitus scénarioתסריט फिल्म, नाटक scenarij forgatókönyv naskah film kvikmyndahandrit sceneggiatura 映画脚本 영화의 시나리오 scenarijus scenārijs skrip filem scenariofilmmanuskriptscenariusz فیلمنامه roteiro sce­nariu сценарий scenár scenarij scenario filmmanuskript บทภาพยนตร์ senaryo, film metni 電影劇本 сценарій کسی فلم کا منظر نامہ kịch bản 电影剧本
4. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
5. 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.
6. screen actors. die kassie, die groot skerm السّينما кино cinema film(ový) der Film, Film-... film; film- μεγάλη ή μικρή οθόνη pantalla ekraan, film(id) صنعت فيلم و سينما elokuvat écranמסך film u kinu ili na televiziji film(szakma) film hvíta tjaldið; kvikmynda- lo schermo 映画 영화 ekranas, kinas, televizija kino filem witte doek, scherm den hvite duken, film; film- ekran filmowy د فلم او سینما صنعت cinema de cinema) кино film; filmový film platno vita duken, tv-rutan ภาพยนตร์ film 電視劇，電影 кіно سن...
   screen actors
7. The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
8. A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
9. A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
10. One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: Security guards formed a screen around the president. A screen of evergreens afforded privacy from our neighbors.
11. Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
12. A surface, as on a smartphone, television, or computer monitor, on which one can read and view electronically displayed information and images.
13. A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
14. A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
15. Various forms or formats of information display
16. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
17. A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.
18. A room in a cinema.
    broadly
19. A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.
20. The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
21. A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.
22. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
23. Sports A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
    Sports
24. The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
25. A disguise; concealment.
    figuratively
26. Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
27. Ellipsis of screen pass.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
28. An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
29. An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
30. A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
31. 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.
32. A large scarf.
    Scotland, archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“Jones caught the foul up against the screen.”

“a drug screen, a genetic screen”

“The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.”

“You won't find me living for the screen […] I ain't equipment I ain't automatic”

“The idea is to reach the 21st level of an enormous network of interlocking screens, each of which is covered with blocks that you bounce along on.”

“Bub and Bob, the brontosaur buddies, must battle bullies by bursting their bubbles. One or two players can move through 100 screens of arcade-style graphics.”

“After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.”

“Clicking the Edit button sends you to a screen where you can change the name and description.”

“They'd say he was operating behind a screen of guilelessness and was a superhypocrite.”

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