- 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: The whitish film over your eye is a cataract.
- a delicate web of filaments or fine threads: The fabric embedded in the polyurethane is essentially a film of fiberglass.
- a thin haze, blur, or mist: A pale film of drizzly twilight soon gave way to a dense fog.
- Photography.
- a composition of plastic or similar material made into thin sheets or strips and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, used for taking photographs.
- a strip or roll of this.
- the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
- 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.
- a movie; motion picture: We decided to stay home and watch a Kurosawa film.
- Sometimes films .
- movies collectively: Film is the quintessential storytelling medium of the 20th century.
- the movie industry, or its productions, operations, etc.: He wants to get into films as a director.
- movies as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film.
- to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle: A bloom of algae films the pond every summer.
- Movies.
- to record in video format as a movie, with or without audio: We didn't know we were being filmed.
- to make a movie of: to film a novel.
- to become covered by a film: The water filmed over with ice.
- Movies.
- to be reproduced in video format as a movie, especially in a specified manner: This story films easily.
- to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of movies, TV shows, or other video content: They'll be filming here for the next six months.
- 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)
- 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
- to photograph with a cine camera
- to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
- to cover or become covered or coated with a film
