FILM

film

(noun) a thin coating or layer; “the table was covered with a film of dust”

film, photographic film

(noun) photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

film, plastic film

(noun) a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

film, cinema, celluloid

(noun) a medium that disseminates moving pictures; “theater pieces transferred to celluloid”; “this story would be good cinema”; “film coverage of sporting events”

movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; “they went to a movie every Saturday night”; “the film was shot on location”

film, shoot, take

(verb) make a film or photograph of something; “take a scene”; “shoot a movie”

film

(verb) record in film; “The coronation was filmed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural films)

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

(photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.

A movie.

(cinema, uncountable) Cinema; movies as a group.

A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

Synonyms

• (motion picture): movie

Verb

film (third-person singular simple present films, present participle filming, simple past and past participle filmed)

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

(transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

Anagrams

• MILF, milf

Source: Wiktionary

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Film, n. Etym: [AS. film skin, fr. fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See Fell skin.]

1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.

2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak.

Film, v. t.

Definition: To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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