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screen

 
 
pronunciation:
skrin
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a closely woven wire mesh used to filter liquid or grains or to keep insects from entering through windows.
If you don't close the screen, flies will come into the house.
 
similar words:
filter
definition 2: the flat surface on a television, computer, or hand-held digital device on which you see text or images.
Their new TV has a very wide screen.My phone's screen is really too small for me to watch movies.
 
definition 3: anything that shields, hides, or protects.
synonyms:
camouflage, cover, curtain, mask, protection, shield
definition 4: a large white surface onto which a film, photographic slides, or the like can be projected.
definition 5: an upright movable shield to provide privacy or divide a room.
 
similar words:
partition
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: screens, screening, screened
definition 1: to hide (something) from view.
synonyms:
hide, mask, shield, shroud
similar words:
camouflage, cloak, cloud, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, mantle, protect, shade, shelter, veil
definition 2: to sift or separate out.
Will you screen my phone calls?
similar words:
bolt, cull, evaluate, filter, sift, sort, winnow
definition 3: to provide with a wire screen.
similar words:
curtain, lattice, trellis
definition 4: to project (a film) on a screen.
similar words:
present, preview, project, show
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derivations: screenlike (adj.), screener (n.)
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