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UK
/skɹˈiːn/
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[ US /ˈskɹin/ ]
[ US /ˈskɹin/ ]
NOUN
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
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the personnel of the film industry
a star of stage and screen - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
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a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
a screen of trees afforded privacy
under cover of darkness
the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
the brush provided a covert for game -
a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
they put screens in the windows for protection against insects
a metal screen protected the observers -
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
VERB
-
test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
screen the blood for the HIV virus -
prevent from entering
block out the strong sunlight -
examine in order to test suitability
screen these samples
screen the job applicants -
project onto a screen for viewing
screen a film -
examine methodically
screen the suitcases - separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
How To Use screen In A Sentence
- (Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.") Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update]
- The screen is a bit of overkill because the audience is not that far from the center of action on the hot shop floor.
- Iin this case it uses the atomic unit of digital life - a single screen of data on a Palm, a little brick of reality we spend so much time staring at all day long.
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
- We then repeat this fractionation process on these 10 compounds, rescreen them and find the active one, and then identify what that compound is. Odette Yustman in GQ Magazine
- Yet while pilotless drones are dehumanised and impersonalised, mobile phone ring tones and screensavers are instances of the humanity and personality of the people behind technology.
- While a video screen adds a few visual puns, it seems almost an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
- I have also used * toothpaste* to clean the screen; if you work at it, the toothpaste abrasives will get rid of hairline scratches on the screen surface. CIS Threads #1: Interesting Threads from the TRS Model 100 Forum Messages by Phil Wheeler
- The interior of the suction device is sleeved with a nozzle unit device which can inject backwash water to a suction port and the low pressure area of the filter screen part.
- In his 1982 "Secondary Currents," which is described in the film's title credits as a "film noir," Rose pushes the sound and image concerns of structuralist filmmakers by creating a work that is "imageless": on a black screen, white subtitles translate the gibberish of the unreliable narrator in the voice-over. Baltimore City Paper
