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Definitions for Film

[1] a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate.
[2] a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice.
[3] a thin skin or membrane.
[4] a delicate web of filaments or fine threads.
[5] a thin haze, blur, or mist.
[6] Photography . a cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a sensitive emulsion for taking photographs. a strip or roll of this. the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
[7] 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. motion picture.
[8] Often films , motion pictures collectively. the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc. motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film.
[9] to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle: filmed eyes.
[10] Movies . to photograph with a motion-picture camera. to reproduce in the form of motion pictures: to film a novel.
[11] to become covered by a film: The water filmed over with ice.
[12] Movies . to be reproduced in a motion picture, especially in a specified manner: This story films easily. to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures.
[13] 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
[14] a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies
[15] a thin coating or layer
[16] a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging
[17] a fine haze, mist, or blur
[18] a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads
[19] pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases
[20] to photograph with a cine camera to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
[21] (often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film

Words related to Film

flick, picture, cinema, show, footage, shoot, photograph, layer, fold, skin, integument, cloud, web, sheet, fabric, dusting, haze, membrane, opacity, blur

Words nearby Film

fillister, fillister head, fillmore, filly, fillér, film, film badge, film clip, film colour, film gate, film library

Origin of Film

before 1000; 1890–95 for def 6 ; 1900–05 for def 7 ; Middle English filme, Old English filmen membrane; akin to fell4

Other words from Film

film·like , adjective
re·film , verb (used with object)
un·filmed , adjective
well-filmed , adjective

Word origin for Film

Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene , Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell 4

Synonyms for Film

blur, cloud, coat, covering, dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze, haziness, integument, layer, leaf, membrane, mistiness, nebula, opacity, partition, pellicle, scum, sheet, skin, transparency, veil, web, brume, obscuration