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screen off — verb partition by means of a divider, such as a screen screen off this part of the room • Syn: ↑separate off • Hypernyms: ↑partition, ↑zone • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * … Useful english dictionary
screen off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms screen off : present tense I/you/we/they screen off he/she/it screens off present participle screening off past tense screened off past participle screened off to separate one part of a room from another, for… … English dictionary
screen off — PHRASAL VERB: usu passive If part of a room or area is screened off, it is made into a separate area, using a screen. [be V ed P] Her bed was screened off from the other patients … English dictionary
screen off — build a partition, separate … English contemporary dictionary
screen — screen1 W2S2 [skri:n] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(television/computer)¦ 2¦(film)¦ 3¦(movable wall)¦ 4¦(something that hides)¦ 5¦(test for illness)¦ 6¦(door/window)¦ 7¦(church)¦ 8¦(sports)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; … Dictionary of contemporary English
screen — /skrin / (say skreen) noun 1. a covered frame or the like, movable or fixed, serving as a shelter, partition, etc.: a firescreen. 2. an ornamental partition of wood, stone, etc., as in a church. 3. something affording a surface for displaying… …
screen — [[t]skri͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦ screens, screening, screened 1) N COUNT A screen is a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown. Television sets and computers have screens, and films are shown on a screen in cinemas. → See also , small… … English dictionary
screen — screen1 [ skrin ] noun *** ▸ 1 on television etc. ▸ 2 (at) movies ▸ 3 for keeping insects out ▸ 4 for separating room area ▸ 5 for protecting/hiding 1. ) count the flat surface on a computer, television, or piece of electronic equipment where… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
off-screen — adverb when a film actor is not acting: What s he like off screen? off screen adjective: The fan magazines are full of her off screen romances … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
screen — I UK [skriːn] / US [skrɪn] noun Word forms screen : singular screen plural screens *** 1) [countable] the flat surface on a computer, television, or piece of electronic equipment where words and pictures are shown a computer/radar/TV/VDU screen A … English dictionary
