"screen" meaning in English

See screen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /skriːn/ Audio: en-us-screen.ogg [US], en-au-screen.ogg [Australia] Forms: screen [singular], screens [plural]
enPR: skrēn Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A screen is a flat surface for showing pictures, text or video.
    Sense id: simple-screen-en-noun-kMfLV-YN Categories (other): Technology
  2. A screen is a flat surface between two areas, often letting something in but keeping something out.
    Sense id: simple-screen-en-noun-G9TsNmaV

Verb

IPA: /skriːn/ Audio: en-us-screen.ogg [US], en-au-screen.ogg [Australia] Forms: screen [canonical], screens [third-person, singular], screened [past], screened [past, participle], screening [present, participle]
enPR: skrēn Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you screen blood, people, information, etc., you find or block unwanted things.
    Sense id: simple-screen-en-verb-1DwuQgZm
  2. If you screen a movie, a TV show, etc., you put it on a screen.
    Sense id: simple-screen-en-verb-Zxj7ZBFo
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