Film

/fɪlm/ · noun

Meaning

A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity..

Definitions by Sense

1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
3. (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
4. (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
5. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
6. (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
7. (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
8. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

Example Sentences

a clear plastic film for wrapping food

He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […]

Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.

I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.

It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

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• films
• filming
• filmed

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