What is the meaning of Screen?

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

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

1. A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
2. The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

   A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.

   The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

   A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.

   Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.

   A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.

   Various forms or formats of information display

   1. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
   2. The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
   3. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
   4. The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

      The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

      The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

      One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.

      The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

      A disguise; concealment.

      Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

      1. Short for screen pass.
      2. An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

         Short for screen pass.

         An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

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

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

         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.

         A large scarf.

         ↑ Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, s.v. "screen" (NY: Gramercy Books, 1996), 1721.

         To filter by passing through a screen.

         To shelter or conceal.

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

         To present publicly (on the screen).

         To fit with a screen.

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

         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.

         To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

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

         a screenshot

         Source: wiktionary.org