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

A material woven from fine wires that blocks animals or large particles while allowing gasses, liquids, and finer particles to pass, a frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used for classifying stone fragments, the protective netting in baseball, and a stencil on a framed mesh used for forcing paint onto printed material.

(by analogy) A noun "screen" represents the act of searching through a sample for a target, typically used in genetics to identify genes for studying their functions.

A viewing surface or area for movies, electronic devices, video games, and computer displays.

(figurative) A disguise; concealment.

A noun "screen" represents a defensive tactic in american football and basketball where a player stands to block an opposing player from reaching a teammate.

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

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

(architecture) 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.

To filter by passing through a screen.

To shelter or conceal.

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

(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

To fit with a screen.

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

(molecular biology) 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.

(basketball) 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.