Screen (skrēn), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. écran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.] 1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

Your leavy screens throw down.

Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.

2. (Arch.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

Screen (skrēn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Screening.] 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands.

2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

Screen (skrēn), n. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

Screen (skrēn), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. écran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.] 1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

Your leavy screens throw down.

Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.

2. (Arch.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

Screen (skrēn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Screening.] 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands.

2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

Screen (skrēn), n. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

• A physical divider intended to block an area from view.
  
• A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
  
• The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
  
• The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
  
• (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
  
• (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
        Jones caught the foul up against the screen.
  
• To filter by passing through a screen.
        Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
  
• To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing
        The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
  
• (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
        The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
  
• To fit with a screen.
        We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.