ALL meanings of screened
screen
S s - noun screened a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc. 1
- noun screened a permanent, usually ornamental partition, as around the choir of a church or across the hall of a medieval house. 1
- noun screened a specially prepared, light-reflecting surface on which motion pictures, slides, etc., may be projected. 1
- noun screened Electronics. a surface on which electronically created images or text are displayed, as on a television, computer, mobile device, or radar receiver. 1
- noun screened Digital Technology. frame (def 10). 1
- noun screened motion pictures collectively or the motion-picture industry. 1
- noun screened anything that shelters, protects, or conceals: a screen of secrecy; A screen of fog prevented our seeing the ship. 1
- noun screened a frame holding a mesh of wire, cloth, or plastic, for placing in a window or doorway, around a porch, etc., to admit air but exclude insects. 1
- noun screened a sieve, riddle, or other meshlike device used to separate smaller particles or objects from larger ones, as for grain or sand. 1
- noun screened a system for screening or grouping people, objects, etc. 1
- noun screened Military. a body of troops sent out to protect the movement of an army. 1
- noun screened Navy. a protective formation of small vessels, as destroyers, around or in front of a larger ship or ships. 1
- noun screened Physics. a shield designed to prevent interference between various agencies: electric screen. 1
- noun screened Electronics. screen grid. 1
- noun screened Photography. a plate of ground glass or the like on which the image is brought into focus in a camera before being photographed. 1
- noun screened Photoengraving. a transparent plate containing two sets of fine parallel lines, one crossing the other, used in the halftone process. 1
- noun screened Sports. any of various offensive plays in which teammates form a protective formation around the ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, etc. any of various defensive plays in which teammates conceal or block an opposing ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, or the goal, basket, net, etc., itself. 1
- verb with object screened to shelter, protect, or conceal with or as if with a screen. 1
- verb with object screened to select, reject, consider, or group (people, objects, ideas, etc.) by examining systematically: Job applicants were screened by the personnel department. 1
- verb with object screened to provide with a screen or screens to exclude insects: He screened the porch so they could enjoy sitting out on summer evenings. 1
- verb with object screened to sift or sort by passing through a screen. 1
- verb with object screened to project (a motion picture, slide, etc.) on a screen. 1
- verb with object screened Movies. to show (a motion picture), especially to an invited audience, as of exhibitors and critics. to photograph with a motion-picture camera; film. to adapt (a story, play, etc.) for presentation as a motion picture. 1
- verb with object screened to lighten (type or areas of a line engraving) by etching a regular pattern of dots or lines into the printing surface. 1
- verb without object screened to be projected on a motion-picture screen. 1