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screen noun 1 a movable set of foldable hinged panels, used to partition off part of a room for privacy. 2 a single panel used for protection against strong heat or light, or any other outside influence. 3 a windscreen. 4 a sheltering row of trees, shrubs, etc. 5 a wire netting placed over windows for keeping out insects. 6 a coarse sifting apparatus or utensil. 7 a partition used to separate off a church choir or side chapel, usually from the nave. 8 the wide end of a TV set on which the images are formed. 9 a white surface onto which films or slides are projected. 10 (the screen) the medium of cinema or television • She is a star of the stage and the screen. 11 photog a glass plate with a coarse surface on which the image of a photographed object is focused. 12 printing a glass plate with dots or closely-scored lines of a given coarseness or frequency for printing half-tone photographs. 13 cricket a sight-screen. 14 electronics a screen grid. 15 military a body of troops or formation of ships surrounding the bulk of the army or fleet as a cover or protection for its activity. verb (screened, screening) 1 to shelter or conceal. 2 to sift coarsely. 3 to subject someone to tests in order to discern their ability, reliability, worthiness, etc. 4 to test someone in order to check for the presence of disease. 5 to show or project (a film, programme, etc) at the cinema or on TV. 6 to make a motion picture or film of something. screener noun. screening noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French escran.