- screen
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. partition, curtain, shield, mask, protection, shelter; netting, mesh; sieve, sifter, bolter; cinema, motion pictures, silver screen. —v. t. shelter, shield, protect, hide, conceal, veil, shroud; sift, sort; film, exhibit. See defense, concealment, class, cleanness, choice, drama.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [A concealment]Syn. cloak, cover, covering, curtain, shield, envelope, veil, mask, shade.2. [A protection]Syn. partition, netting, shelter, guard, security; see also cover 1 , protection 2 .3. [A surface on which images are projected]Syn. silver screen, movie screen, film screen, television screen, tube, TV screen.v.1. [To hide]Syn. veil, conceal, mask; see hide 1 .2. [To choose]Syn. select, eliminate, sift; see choose 1 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)In.1. partition divider, shield, covering, wall, fence, curtain, veil.2. mesh net, strainer, grating, lattice.IIv.1. partition divide, shield, cover, block, wall off, fence off, veil.2. sort out cull, *weed out, sift, sieve, filter, strain, eliminate, winnow.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cut off from sight: block (out), conceal, hide1, obscure, obstruct, shroud, shut off (or out). See SHOW. 2. To shelter, especially from light: shade, shadow. See PROTECTION. 3. To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission: bowdlerize, censor, expurgate. See INCLUDE, SHOW.
English dictionary for students. 2013.