Synonyms for screen


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : skreen
Phonetic Transcription : skrin

Top 10 synonyms for screen Other synonyms for the word screen

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for screen

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