Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen

• - her hair swung across to screen her face

• - a high hedge screened all of the front from passersby

Separate something from something else with or as if with a screen

• - an area had been screened off as a waiting room

Protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant

• - in my country, a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack

Prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference

• - ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup

Show (a movie or video) or broadcast (a television program)

• - the show is to be screened by HBO later this year

Test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease or contaminant

• - outpatients were screened for cervical cancer

Check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job

• - all prospective presidential candidates would have to screened by the committee

Evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application

• - only one percent of rain forest plants have been screened for medical use

Exclude someone or something after such evaluation or investigation

• - anti-spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted e-mail

Pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, esp. so as to sort it into different sizes

Project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a halftone

A fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, to give shelter from drafts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy

A thing providing concealment or protection

• - his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees

• - the article is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice

A detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body

A partition of carved wood or stone separating the nave of a church from the chancel, choir, or sanctuary

A frame with fine wire netting used in a window or doorway to keep out mosquitoes and other flying insects

• - a screen door

A part of an electrical or other instrument that protects it or prevents it from causing electromagnetic interference

A grid placed between the control grid and the anode of a valve to reduce the capacitance between these electrodes

The surface of a cathode-ray tube or similar electronic device, esp. that of a television, VDT, or monitor, on which images and data are displayed

A blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected

• - the world's largest movie screen

Movies or television; the motion-picture industry

• - she's a star of the stage as well as the screen

The data or images displayed on a computer screen

• - pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen

A flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused

A transparent, finely ruled plate or film used in halftone reproduction

A large sieve or riddle, esp. one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes