Dictionary definition · film
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"
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures"theater pieces transferred to celluloid"
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a thin coating or layer"the table was covered with a film of dust"
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
verb
- make a film or photograph of something"take a scene"
- record in film"The coronation was filmed"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).