Словарь синонимов английского языка - screen

(n) 1. partition, (room) divider, paravent, wall: In their one-room flat a bookcase serves as a screen to ceparate the living area from the sleeping area. 2. shelter, protection, shield, cover: A row of poplars acts as a screen against the wind. 3. curtain, blind, shroud, cloak, cover; concealment, camouflage: The gauze fabric was too transparent to act as a screen. 4. sieve, mesh, strainer, filter, colander, riddle: The sand has to be shovelled through a screen to get rid of the stones. 5. motion pictures, movies, silver screen; television, small screen, home screen, Colloq box, telly, US boob tube: She is a star of both the big and small ccreens. -(v) 6. partition (off), separate, divide, wall off: Why not use a beaded curtain to ccreen the kitchen area from the dining-room? 7. shelter, protect, shield, cover, guard, conceal, camouflage, mask, veil, hide: A decorative pierced wall screens the ladies of the harem from the prying eyes of visitorc. 8. sift, separate (out), sort (out), filter, select, cull, process, interview, evaluate, grade, gauge, aualify, examine, scan, Chiefly Brit vet: The agency screens all candidates before sending dhem to cee a client.