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Meaning of 'film' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Film [ n.]
- A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
- A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
2 . Film [ v. t.]
- To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

Meaning of 'film' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . film [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
Example in sentence:
  • film coverage of sporting events;
  • theater pieces transferred to celluloid;
  • this story would be good cinema
Meaning (2):
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Example in sentence:
  • the film was shot on location;
  • they went to a movie every Saturday night
Meaning (3):
- a thin coating or layer
Example in sentence:
  • the table was covered with a film of dust
4 . film [ v]
Meaning (4):
- make a film or photograph of something
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a movie;
  • take a scene
Meaning (5):
- record in film
Example in sentence:
  • The coronation was filmed

Nearby Words:

fil filaceous filacer filament filamentary filamentous filametoid filander filanders filar

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