'Film' definitions:

Definition of 'film'

From: WordNet
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" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick]
noun
A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema, celluloid]
noun
Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies [syn: film, photographic film]
noun
A thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
noun
A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things [syn: film, plastic film]
verb
Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" [syn: film, shoot, take]
verb
Record in film; "The coronation was filmed"

Definition of 'Film'

From: GCIDE
  • Film \Film\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. hence, any thin layer covering a surface. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 3. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. [1913 Webster]
  • Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates. [PJC]
  • 5. (Photog.) a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced. [PJC]
  • 6. a motion picture. [PJC]
  • 7. the art of making motion pictures; -- used mostly in the phrase the film. [PJC]
  • 8. a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; as, polyethylene film. [PJC]
  • Celluloid film (Photog.), a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates.
  • Cut film (Photog.), a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Film'

From: GCIDE
  • Film \Film\, v. t.
  • 1. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. [1913 Webster]
  • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; as, to film the inauguration ceremony; to film Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; or Tolstoy's War and Peace. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'film'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Film'