'Scene' definitions:
Definition of 'scene'
From: WordNet
noun
The place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
noun
An incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
noun
The visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
noun
A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
noun
A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
noun
A subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
noun
A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
noun
Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view]
noun
The context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene]
noun
The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
Definition of 'Scene'
From: GCIDE
- Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place, a tent, a stage.]
- 1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes. [1913 Webster]
- My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view. [1913 Webster]
- Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. [1913 Webster]
- A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. [1913 Webster]
- Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scene'
From: GCIDE
- Scene \Scene\, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.] --Abp. Sancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scene'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- act,
- act drop,
- action,
- afterpiece,
- agora,
- airscape,
- altercation,
- amphitheater,
- appear,
- area,
- arena,
- argument,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- back,
- backdrop,
- background,
- batten,
- bear garden,
- behind the scenes,
- bit,
- blaze of temper,
- blowup,
- border,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- brouhaha,
- bull ring,
- burst,
- campus,
- canvas,
- chapter,
- chaser,
- circus,
- cityscape,
- cloth,
- cloudscape,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- commotion,
- confidentially,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- course,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- diorama,
- display,
- distance,
- disturbance,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- epilogue,
- episode,
- eruption,
- exhibition,
- exode,
- exodus,
- explosion,
- expository scene,
- exterior,
- farmscape,
- field,
- finale,
- fire curtain,
- flare-up,
- flat,
- flipper,
- floor,
- forum,
- get about,
- get around,
- go out,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hanging,
- high words,
- hinterland,
- hippodrome,
- hoke act,
- incident,
- interior,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- landscape,
- lists,
- locale,
- locality,
- location,
- lookout,
- make the scene,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- mise-en-scene,
- number,
- open forum,
- outburst,
- outlook,
- palaestra,
- panorama,
- parade ground,
- part,
- participate,
- pastoral,
- perspective,
- picture,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- precinct,
- privately,
- prize ring,
- prologue,
- prospect,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- rag,
- range,
- rear,
- ring,
- riverscape,
- routine,
- row,
- scape,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- scenic view,
- screen,
- seapiece,
- seascape,
- secretly,
- section,
- segment,
- set,
- setting,
- shtick,
- side scene,
- sight,
- site,
- sketch,
- skit,
- skyscape,
- snowscape,
- socialize,
- song and dance,
- sphere,
- spot,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage screw,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stand-up comedy act,
- storm,
- striptease,
- surreptitiously,
- sweep,
- tab,
- tableau,
- tantrum,
- teaser,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- tormentor,
- townscape,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- turn,
- upset,
- view,
- vista,
- walk,
- waterscape,
- whereabouts,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut,
- wrestling ring