film
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: The whitish film over your eye is a cataract.
a delicate web of filaments or fine threads: The fabric embedded in the polyurethane is essentially a film of fiberglass.
a thin haze, blur, or mist: A pale film of drizzly twilight soon gave way to a dense fog.
Photography.
a composition of plastic or similar material made into thin sheets or strips and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, used for taking photographs.
a strip or roll of this.
the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
Movies.
a 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.
a similar perforated strip covered with an iron oxide emulsion (magfilm ), intended for the recording and reproduction of both images and sound.
a movie; motion picture: We decided to stay home and watch a Kurosawa film.
Sometimes films .
movies collectively: Film is the quintessential storytelling medium of the 20th century.
the movie industry, or its productions, operations, etc.: He wants to get into films as a director.
movies as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film.
to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle: A bloom of algae films the pond every summer.
Movies.
to record in video format as a movie, with or without audio: We didn't know we were being filmed.
to make a movie of: to film a novel.
to become covered by a film: The water filmed over with ice.
Movies.
to be reproduced in video format as a movie, especially in a specified manner: This story films easily.
to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of movies, TV shows, or other video content: They'll be filming here for the next six months.
Origin of film
1Other words for film
Other words from film
- film·like, adjective
- re·film, verb (used with object)
- un·filmed, adjective
- well-filmed, adjective
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How to use film in a sentence
He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTChristopher Nolan, Interstellar “My films are always held to a weirdly high standard,” Nolan told me.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAre you excited, nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTReviews have been outstanding, with many film critics calling it one of the best films of the year.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLike Sony Entertainment's The Interview, political pressure delayed the arrivale of foreign films in Korea.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsSuch films will keep for years, but for some stains they must not be more than a few weeks old.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddUnfixed films are stained about three minutes, rinsed quickly, dried, and mounted.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddStained films show notable irregularities in size, shape, and staining properties only in advanced cases.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddObjectionable publications, films, broadcasting, and television have been the subject of expert appraisal in many countries.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
British Dictionary definitions for film
/ (fɪlm) /
a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc
(as modifier): film techniques
a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies
a thin coating or layer
a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging
a fine haze, mist, or blur
a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads
pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases
to photograph with a cine camera
to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
(often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film
Origin of film
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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