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Meaning of 'film'
Meaning of 'film' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Film 
[ n.]
- A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing
opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. [ n.]- A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
2. Film [ v. t.]
- To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'film' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. film [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a thin coating or layer
- a thin coating or layer
Example in sentence:
- the table was covered with a film of dust
Meaning (2):
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- 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 (3):
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- 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
2. film [ v]
[ v]Meaning (4):
- make a film or photograph of something
- make a film or photograph of something
Example in sentence:
- shoot a movie;
- take a scene
Meaning (5):
- record in film
- record in film
Example in sentence:
- The coronation was filmed
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