screen

¹screen

noun \ˈskrēn\

Definition of SCREEN

1

: a protective or ornamental device (as a movable partition) shielding an area from heat or drafts or from view

2

: something that shelters, protects, or hides: as a : a growth or stand of trees, shrubs, or plants b : a protective formation of troops, ships, or planes c : something that covers or disguises the true nature (as of an activity or feeling) <his geniality is just a screen> d (1) : a maneuver in various sports (as basketball or ice hockey) whereby an opponent is legally impeded or the opponent's view of the play is momentarily blocked (2) : screen pass

3

a : a perforated plate or cylinder or a meshed wire or cloth fabric usually mounted and used to separate coarser from finer parts b : a system for examining and separating into different groups c : a piece of apparatus designed to prevent agencies in one part from affecting other parts <an optical screen> d : a frame holding a usually metallic netting used especially in a window or door to exclude pests (as insects)

4

a : a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected or reflected b : the surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set, radar receiver, or computer terminal); also : the information displayed on a computer screen at one time

5

: a glass plate ruled with crossing opaque lines through which an image is photographed in making a halftone

6

: the motion-picture medium or industry

Examples of SCREEN

1. Don't sit too close to the screen or you'll get a headache.
2. A pop-up ad appeared on the screen.
3. When I go to the movies, I like to sit close to the screen.

Origin of SCREEN

Middle English screne, from Anglo-French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm; akin to Old High German skirm shield; probably akin to Sanskrit carman skin, kṛnāti he injures — more at shear

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SCREEN

Synonyms: big screen, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, movie, silver screen

Related Words: Bollywood, Hollywood; showbiz, show business

Near Antonyms: aggression, assault, attack, offense (or offence), offensive

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Other Field and Goal Sports Terms

crease, lateral, lax, overthrow, playbook, post, scrum, secondary, ultimate

Rhymes with SCREEN

bean, clean, dean, Dean, Deane, dene, e'en, gene, glean, green, jean, keen, lean, lien, mean, mesne, mien, peen, preen, quean, queen, scene, sheen, shin, sin, spean, spleen, teen, tween, wean, ween, wheen, yean