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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024film /fɪlm/USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Show Business
- 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. - Show Business
- [~ + 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.
film•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024film (film),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Show BusinessOften, films:
- 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.
- Show Business[Motion Pictures.]
- 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
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mist, haze, cloud, veil.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: film /fɪlm/ n - 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
- an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases
vb - to photograph with a cine camera
- to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
- (often followed by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film
Etymology: Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene, Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell4 |