a thin layer or coating:[countable]a film of grease.
a thin haze, blur, or mist:[countable]There was a film in my eyes.
Cinema, Photography a thin sheet or strip of specially treated plastic coated with a light-sensitive solution for taking photographs or motion pictures:[uncountable]a roll of film.
Cinemamotion picture.
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Often, films.[plural] the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc.:wanted to work in films.
[uncountable] motion pictures as a form of art or entertainment:a course on experimental film.
v.
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[~ + object] to photograph with a motion-picture camera; to direct, make, or produce (a motion picture):The cast and crew have been filming this movie for a year.
to (cause to) become covered by a film: [no object]Her eyes filmed over.[~ + up + object]The steam filmed up the window.
a thin layer or coating:a film of grease on a plate.
a thin sheet of any material:a film of ice.
a thin skin or membrane.
a delicate web of filaments or fine threads.
a thin haze, blur, or mist.
[Photog.]
Photographya cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a sensitive emulsion for taking photographs.
Photographya strip or roll of this.
Photographythe coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
Cinema[Motion Pictures.]
Cinemaa strip of transparent material, usually cellulose triacetate, covered with a photographic emulsion and perforated along one or both edges, intended for the recording and reproduction of images.
Cinemaa similar perforated strip covered with an iron oxide emulsion (magfilm,) intended for the recording and reproduction of both images and sound.
CinemaSee motion picture.
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motion pictures collectively.
the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc.
motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment:experimental film.
v.t.
to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle:filmed eyes.
[Motion Pictures.]
to photograph with a motion-picture camera.
to reproduce in the form of motion pictures:to film a novel.
v.i.
to become covered by a film:The water filmed over with ice.
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to be reproduced in a motion picture, esp. in a specified manner:This story films easily.
to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures.
bef. 1000; 1890–95 for def. 6; 1900–05 for def. 7; Middle English filme, Old English filmen membrane; akin to fell4
film′like′, adj.
11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mist, haze, cloud, veil.