| Sounds | skriy'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing. | |
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| Synonyms | silver screen, projection screen | |
| Narrower | wide screen | A projection screen that is much wider than it is high |
| Broader | surface | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
| Spanish | pantalla de proyección, pantalla | |
| Catalan | pantalla de projecció, pantalla | |
| Verbs | screen | project onto a screen for viewing |
| Meaning | A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight. | |
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| Synonym | blind | |
| Narrower | curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) |
| shutter | A hinged blind for a window | |
| window blind | A blind for privacy or to keep out light | |
| winker, blinker, blinder | blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | |
| Broader | protective covering, protective cover, protection | A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
| Spanish | cortina, pantalla, persiana | |
| Catalan | pantalla, persiana | |
| Verbs | screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
| screen | prevent from entering | |
| Meaning | The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube. | |
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| Synonym | CRT screen | |
| Part of | cathode-ray tube, CRT | A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen |
| Parts | foreground | (computer science) a window for an active application |
| Narrower | background, desktop, screen background | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
| computer screen, computer display | A screen used to display the output / output of a computer to the user | |
| Broader | display, video display | An electronic device that represents information in visual form |
| Meaning | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. | |
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| Example | "a screen of trees afforded privacy" | |
| Synonyms | cover, covert, concealment | |
| Narrower | blind | A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) |
| camouflage | device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | |
| shoji | A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper | |
| stalking-horse | screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | |
| Broader | covering | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
| Spanish | pantalla | |
| Catalan | pantalla | |
| Meaning | A protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame. | |
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| Examples |
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| Part of | screen door | A door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting |
| Narrower | fire screen, fireguard | A metal screen before an open / open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) |
| mosquito net | A fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos | |
| smoke screen, smokescreen | (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements | |
| window screen | screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window | |
| windshield, windscreen | transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | |
| Broader | protective covering, protective cover, protection | A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
| Substances | screening | Fabric of metal or plastic mesh |
| Verbs | screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
| Meaning | The personnel of the film industry. | |
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| Example | "a star of stage and screen" | |
| Synonyms | filmdom, screenland | |
| Broader | film industry, movie industry | The entertainment industries involved in producing / producing and distributing movies |
| Meaning | A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. | |
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| Synonym | sieve | |
| Narrower | riddle | A coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
| sifter | A household sieve (as for flour) | |
| Broader | strainer | A filter to retain larger / larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids / liquids pass through |
| Spanish | cedazo, colador, pantalla, tamizado, tamiz, zaranda | |
| Catalan | colador, garbell, pantalla, sedàs, tamís | |
| Verbs | screen | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff |
| Meaning | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space. | |
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| Narrower | altarpiece, reredos | A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table |
| purdah | A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers | |
| rood screen | A screen in a church | |
| Broader | partition, divider | A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) |
| Verbs | screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
| Meaning | Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "screen the blood for the HIV virus" | |
| Synonym | test | |
| Broader | check | make an examination or investigation |
| Spanish | analizar | |
| Meaning | Examine methodically. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "screen the suitcases" | |
| Entails | extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | Terminate, end, or take out |
| Broader | analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass | Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning / meaning |
| Nouns | screener | a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint |
| screening | testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics / characteristics | |
| Meaning | Examine in order to test suitability. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | screen out, sieve, sort | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | cribar, ordenar, tamizar | |
| Nouns | screener | a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint |
| screening | testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics / characteristics | |
| Meaning | Project onto a screen for viewing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue screen the movie | |
| Example | "screen a film" | |
| Broader | show | make visible or noticeable |
| Spanish | proyectar | |
| Nouns | screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
| screening | the display of a motion picture | |
| Meaning | prevent from entering. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | block out | |
| Narrower | shade | protect from light, heat / heat, or view |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Spanish | cubrir, proteger | |
| Catalan | cobrir, protegir | |
| Nouns | screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight |
| Meaning | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | riddle | |
| Broader | sift, sieve, strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
| Spanish | cribar | |
| Catalan | crivellar, garbellar, porgar | |
| Nouns | screen | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
| Meaning | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | shield | |
| Broader | protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage / damage |
| Spanish | escudar, proteger | |
| Catalan | escudar | |
| Nouns | screen | a protective covering consisting of netting |
| screen | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | |
| screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | |
| screening | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | |
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