Definition of "screen" in Anglais

noun

1. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

   • a fire screen

2. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

3. (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.

   • a drug screen, a genetic screen

4. Various forms or formats of information display

5. (figurative) A disguise; concealment.

6. Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

7. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

8. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

9. (architecture) 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, etc.

10. (Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.

verb

1. To filter by passing through a screen.

   • Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

2. To shelter or conceal.

3. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

   • The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.

4. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

   • The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.

5. To fit with a screen.

   • We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

6. (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

7. (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.

8. (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

9. To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

   • A Phone to Screen Calls