LookItUpscreen
Meaning in simple English
US /skriːn/
screen means: A flat surface on which you see pictures, videos, or written information.
noun
A flat surface on which you see pictures, videos, or written information.
- Look at the screen.
- My phone screen is cracked.
- The results appeared on several large screens.
A surface with small holes that lets air or fine material through while keeping larger things out.
- The window screen keeps flies out.
- We replaced the torn screens before summer.
- A mosquito got through a hole in the screen.
A barrier that hides something from view or protects people from heat, wind, or danger.
- She changed behind a screen.
- A fire screen stopped sparks from reaching the carpet.
- They placed folding screens between the beds.
A test that checks a sample for a particular substance, condition, or feature.
- The drug screen was negative.
- A genetic screen found the unusual gene.
- The laboratory performs hundreds of blood screens each week.
verb
To check people or things to find problems or remove anything unwanted.
- They screen all job applicants.
- The nurses screened patients for signs of infection.
- Incoming calls are screened before reaching the director.
To show a film or television program to an audience.
- They screen films every Friday.
- The documentary was screened at a local cinema.
- Will the festival screen your latest movie?
To pass material through a surface with holes to remove larger pieces or separate different sizes.
- We screen soil to remove stones.
- The workers screened the gravel into separate sizes.
- She screened the beans before packing them.
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