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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
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
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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