1. • noun - a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
   • noun - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
   • noun - the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
   • noun - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
   • noun - a protective covering consisting of netting
   • noun - the personnel of the film industry
   • noun - a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
   • noun - a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting
   • noun - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
   • verb - test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
   • verb - examine methodically
   • verb - examine in order to test suitability
   • verb - project onto a screen for viewing
   • verb - prevent from entering
   • verb - separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
   • verb - protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
2. • A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
   • One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: Security guards formed a screen around the President.
   • A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
   • A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.
   • A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit airflow.
   • The white or silver surface on which a picture is projected for viewing.
   • Also called silver screen 7.
   • The phosphorescent surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
   • The information or image displayed at a given time on a monitor, display, or video terminal: printing a hard copy of the screen.
   • The electrode placed between the anode and the control grid in a tetrode valve.
   • A glass plate marked off with crossing lines, placed before the lens of a camera when photographing for halftone reproduction.
   • A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.
   • A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
   • Football.
   • To provide with a screen: screen a porch.
   • To conceal from view with or as if with a screen.
   • To protect, guard, or shield.
   • To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.
   • To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.
   • To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.
   • To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection: screen blood for the presence of a virus; screen patients in an epidemic zone.
   • Sports.
   • To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
   • To obscure an opponent’s view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.
3. • v - to provide with a screen (a device designed to divide, conceal, or protect)

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