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screen
English
Etymology
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm.
An alternative etymology derives Old French escren from Old Dutch *skrank (“barrier”) (compare German Schrank (“cupboard”), Schranke (“fence”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: skr?n, IPA(key): /sk?i?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
screen (plural screens)
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- Various forms or formats of information display
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems” (song):
- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, “Problems” (song):
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- 1988, Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
- 1989, Compute (volume 11, page 51)
- 1988, Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player
- (American football) Short for screen pass.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Synonym: pick
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (architecture) 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, etc.
- (Scotland, archaic) A large scarf.
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Verb
screen (third-person singular simple present screens, present participle screening, simple past and past participle screened)
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
- To shelter or conceal.
- 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.
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Synonym: pick
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- 1987 April 7, Associated Press (story title as printed in New York Times[1])
- A Phone to Screen Calls
- 1987 April 7, Associated Press (story title as printed in New York Times[1])
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- screen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- screen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- censer, scener, scerne, secern
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parasol
English
Etymology
From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) +? sole (“sun”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pæ???s?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p????s?l/
Noun
parasol (plural parasols)
- A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
- A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
- (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
Synonyms
- (small light umbrella): sunshade, umbrella, beach umbrella
Derived terms
- parasol ant
- parasol cell
- parasol mushroom
- parasol tree
- parasol wing
Translations
Verb
parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled)
- (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
- 1826, The Monthly Magazine (page 161)
- Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]
- 2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song (page 19)
- […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.
- 1826, The Monthly Magazine (page 161)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?.ra??s?l/
- Hyphenation: pa?ra?sol
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)
- parasol
Derived terms
- parasolvoet
Related terms
- paraplu
French
Etymology
From Italian parasole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.?a.s?l/
Noun
parasol m (plural parasols)
- A large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun.
Further reading
- “parasol” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
parar (“to stop”) +? sol (“sun”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ol
Noun
parasol m (plural parasois)
- umbrella, sunshade, parasol (used to protect against the sun)
- sun visor
Synonyms
- (sunshade): antuca f, catasol m
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French parasol
Noun
parasol
- umbrella
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Polish
Etymology
From French parasol, from Italian parasole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?ra.s?l/
Noun
parasol m inan
- umbrella (used to protect against the sun or rain)
Declension
Derived terms
- (nouns) parasolka, parasolnik
- (adjectives) parasolowy, parasolowaty
Related terms
- (noun) parasolnictwo
- (adjectives) parasolkowy, parasolkowaty, parasolniczy
- (adverbs) parasolowato, parasolkowato
Further reading
- parasol in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- parasol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French parasol
Noun
parasol
- umbrella
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Spanish
Etymology
parar (“to stop”) +? sol (“sun”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ol
Noun
parasol m (plural parasoles)
- umbrella (used to protect against the sun)
- sunshade
- (automotive) sun visor
- parasol
See also
- parabrisas
- paraguas
- parachoques
- paracaídas
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