Antonyms for screen
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : skreen |
| Phonetic Transcription : skrin |
Definition of screen
Origin :- mid-14c., "upright piece of furniture providing protection from heat of a fire, drafts, etc.," probably from a shortened (Anglo-French? cf. Anglo-Latin screna) variant of Old North French escren, Old French escran "fire-screen" (early 14c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch scherm "screen, cover, shield," or Frankish *skrank "barrier," from Proto-Germanic *skerm- (cf. Old High German skirm, skerm "protection," from PIE *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
- Meaning "net-wire frame used in windows and doors" is recorded from 1859. Meaning "flat vertical surface for reception of projected images" is from 1810, originally in reference to magic lantern shows; later of movies. Transferred sense of "cinema world collectively" is attested from 1914; hence screen test (1918), etc. Screen saver first attested 1990. Screen printing recorded from 1918.
- noun protection used in or as furniture, motion picture display
- verb hide, protect
- verb examine and choose
- He took Viviette by the arm and roughly thrust her past the screen.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- A nurse stayed behind the screen, and her work was done by the others.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The doctor motioned me to a table behind the screen of which Kitty had spoken.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Then they tore out the dam, rinsed the screen and spread it over a rock to dry.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It was Miss Eileen that heard the screen ripped out and told me it was gone.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Anthony followed as if to protect or screen the girls from sight.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- To screen themselves they charged their captain with the crime.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- We'll screen off a corner for our Professor—sort of confessional business.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- A special altar, called the rood-altar, used to stand under the screen.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- Through a screen of wood and glass, I peep into the dim church.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for screen
- adumbrate
- awning
- blind
- block out
- bulwark
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- canopy
- cloak
- close
- conceal
- concealment
- cover
- cover up
- covering
- cull
- curtain
- defend
- disguise
- divider
- eliminate
- ensconce
- envelope
- evaluate
- extract
- fend
- filter
- gauge
- grade
- guard
- hedge
- mantle
- mask
- net
- obscure
- obstruct
- partition
- pick out
- process
- riddle
- safeguard
- scan
- seclude
- secrete
- secure
- security
- select
- separate
- shade
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- shut off
- shut out
- shutter
- sieve
- sift
- sort
- stash
- umbrage
- veil
- wall off
- winnow
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