screen

[ skreen ]
/ skrin /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

to be projected on a motion-picture screen.

Origin of screen

1350–1400; Middle English screne (noun) < Anglo-French; Old French escren (French écran) < Frankish *skrank, cognate with Old High German scrank barrier (German Schrank cupboard)

SYNONYMS FOR screen

synonym study for screen

7. See cover.

OTHER WORDS FROM screen

Example sentences from the Web for unscreened

British Dictionary definitions for unscreened (1 of 2)

unscreened
/ (ʌnˈskriːnd) /

adjective

not sheltered or concealed by a screen
not passed through a screen; unsifted
(of a film) not yet on show to the public
not put through a security check

British Dictionary definitions for unscreened (2 of 2)

screen
/ (skriːn) /

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of screen

screenable, adjective screener, noun screenful, noun screenlike, adjective

Word Origin for screen

C15: from Old French escren (French écran); related to Old High German skrank, German Schrank cupboard

Medical definitions for unscreened

screen
[ skrēn ]

n.

One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide.
The white or silver surface on which a picture is projected for viewing.
A screen memory.

v.

To process a group of people in order to select or separate certain individuals from it.
To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection.

Scientific definitions for unscreened

screen
[ skrēn ]

The surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
An electrode placed between the plate (anode) and the control grid in a tetrode valve, used to reduce the capacitance between the grid and the plate, increasing its ability to respond to high frequencies, especially radio frequencies.