screen

screen1 [ skrin ] noun ***

▸ 1 on television etc.

▸ 2 (at) movies

▸ 3 for keeping insects out

▸ 4 for separating room area

▸ 5 for protecting/hiding

1. ) count the flat surface on a computer, television, or piece of electronic equipment where words and pictures are shown:

a computer/radar/TV screen

A new icon will appear on your screen.

Suddenly the screen went blank.

a ) the set of words or pictures shown on a computer screen:

Click here to print the screen.

b ) only before noun relating to a computer screen or what you can see on it:

Change the screen resolution.

You need to refresh the screen display.

2. ) count the flat surface in a movie theater where the picture is shown

a ) uncount movies in general:

stage and screen: She was a star of stage and screen.

b ) only before noun connected with the movies:

her screen debut/career

He sold the screen rights of his book for $5 million.

=> SILVER SCREEN, SMALL SCREEN

3. ) count a wire or plastic net in a frame that fits in a door or window and lets air into a building but keeps insects out

a ) uncount the wire or plastic net used in a screen

4. ) count a flat structure that is used for separating one area of a room from another, for example to make it more private:

She got undressed behind a folding screen.

5. ) count something that protects you or allows you to hide:

screen of: His car was parked behind a screen of trees.

screen for: The cattle provided a screen for the soldiers.

screen

screen 2 [ skrin ] verb transitive *

1. ) to test someone to find out if they have a particular illness:

screen someone for something: He recommends screening pregnant women for diabetes.

2. ) to check something to decide whether it is appropriate, especially for someone else:

So many reporters were calling him that he decided to screen his calls.

a ) to get information in order to decide whether someone is appropriate for something, for example a job: VET:

All potential foster parents are carefully screened.

3. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to broadcast a television program or show a movie:

The series is currently being screened on PBS on Fridays.

4. ) to hide someone or something by being in front of them:

screen something from something: A line of fir trees screened the house from the road.

,screen `off phrasal verb transitive

to separate one part of a room from another, for example to make it more private:

Part of the hall had been screened off as a waiting room.

,screen `out phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to prevent something that is dangerous or inappropriate from coming in:

Gas masks are designed to screen out poisons.

2. ) to refuse to accept someone who is not appropriate for something, for example a job