Screen vs. Obscure
Screennoun
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
Screennoun
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
Screennoun
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.
Screennoun
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
Screennoun
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
Screennoun
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
Screennoun
(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
Screennoun
(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Screennoun
(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
Screennoun
(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
Screennoun
(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
Screennoun
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
Screennoun
(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.
Screennoun
(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
Screennoun
A large scarf.
Screenverb
To filter by passing through a screen.
Screenverb
To shelter or conceal.
Screenverb
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
Screenverb
To present publicly (on the screen).
Screenverb
To fit with a screen.
Screenverb
(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
Screenverb
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.
Screennoun
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.
Screennoun
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.
Screennoun
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.
Screennoun
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.
Screennoun
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
Screennoun
a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.
Screennoun
The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.
Screennoun
The motion-picture industry; motion pictures.
Screenverb
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.
Screenverb
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.
Screenverb
to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose.
Screennoun
a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
Screennoun
something that keeps things out or hinders sight;
Screennoun
display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
Screennoun
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
Screennoun
protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)
Screennoun
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
Screennoun
a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door;
Screennoun
partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
Screenverb
test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;
Screenverb
examine methodically;
Screenverb
examine in order to test suitability;
Screenverb
project onto a screen for viewing;
Screenverb
prevent from entering;
Screenverb
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Screenverb
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Obscureadjective
Dark, faint or indistinct.
Obscureadjective
Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
Obscureadjective
Difficult to understand.
Obscureadjective
Not well-known.
Obscureadjective
Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
Obscureverb
(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
Obscureverb
(transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
Obscureverb
To conceal oneself; to hide.
Obscureadjective
Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
Obscureadjective
Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
Obscureadjective
Not noticeable; humble; mean.
Obscureadjective
Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
Obscureadjective
Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
Obscureverb
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
Obscureverb
To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.
Obscurenoun
Obscurity.
Obscureverb
make less visible or unclear;
Obscureverb
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
Obscureverb
make obscure or unclear;
Obscureverb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;
Obscureverb
make difficult to perceive by sight;
Obscureadjective
not clearly understood or expressed;
Obscureadjective
marked by difficulty of style or expression;
Obscureadjective
difficult to find;
Obscureadjective
not famous or acclaimed;
Obscureadjective
not drawing attention;
Obscureadjective
remote and separate physically or socially;
