Found 3 items, similar to screen.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: screen kasa, layar, pendinding, tabir
English → English (WordNet) Definition: screen screen n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing [syn: silver screen, projection screen] 2: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; “they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet” [syn: blind] 3: display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created [syn: CRT screen] 4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; “they crouched behind the screen”; “under cover of darkness” [syn: cover, covert, concealment] 5: protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects) 6: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve] 7: a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; “he heard the screen slam as she left” [syn: screen door] 8: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space screen v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; “screen the blood for the HIV virus” [syn: test] 2: examine methodically; “screen the suitcases” 3: examine in order to test suitability; “screen these samples”; “screen the job applicants” [syn: screen out, sieve, sort] 4: project onto a screen for viewing; “screen a film” 5: prevent from entering; “block out the strong sunlight” [syn: block out] 6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle] 7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Screen Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. ['e]cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.] 1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. [1913 Webster] Your leavy screens throw down. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) 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, or the like. [1913 Webster] 3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. [1913 Webster] 5. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects. Screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a screen. Screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for insertion into a window frame. [PJC] 7. The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays. [PJC] 8. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. “A star of stage and screen.” [PJC] Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened; p. pr. & vb. n. Screening.] 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. [1913 Webster] They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. [1913 Webster] 3. to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose. As: (a) To inspect the qualifications of candidates for a job, to select one or more to be hired. (b) (Biochem., Med.) to test a large number of samples, in order to find those having specific desirable properties; as, to screen plant extracts for anticancer agents. [PJC]