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Definition of Film
1. Verb. Make a film or photograph of something. "Sam cannot film Sue "; "Shoot a movie"
Category relationships: Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Generic synonyms: Enter, Put Down, Record
Related verbs: Photograph, Shoot, Snap
Specialized synonyms: Reshoot
Derivative terms: Filming, Take
2. Noun. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. "The film was shot on location"
Generic synonyms: Product, Production, Show
Terms within: Episode, Sequence, Credit, Caption, Subtitle, Credits, Scene, Shot
Specialized synonyms: Telefilm, Feature, Feature Film, Final Cut, Home Movie, Collage Film, Coming Attraction, Shoot-'em-up, Short Subject, Docudrama, Documentary, Documentary Film, Infotainment, Cinema Verite, Film Noir, Skin Flick, Rough Cut, Silent Movie, Silent Picture, Silents, Slow Motion, Talkie, Talking Picture, 3-d, 3d, Three-d, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Theater
Examples of category: Dub, Synchronise, Synchronize, Shoot, Take, Tape, Videotape, Reshoot
3. Verb. Record in film. "They will film the duet"; "The coronation was filmed"
Specialized synonyms: Cinematise, Cinematize, Microfilm
Derivative terms: Filming
4. Noun. A medium that disseminates moving pictures. "Film coverage of sporting events"
Examples of category: Cut-in, Insert, Macguffin, Mcguffin
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production, Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Generic synonyms: Medium
Specialized synonyms: Silver Screen
Derivative terms: Cinematic
5. Noun. Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies.
Specialized synonyms: Footage, Microfilm, Cine-film, Motion-picture Film, Movie Film, Negative, Orthochromatic Film, Panchromatic Film, Positive, Reel, Roll, Roll Film, Episode, Sequence, X-ray Film, Film Clip
Generic synonyms: Photographic Material, Photographic Paper
6. Noun. A thin coating or layer. "The table was covered with a film of dust"
7. Noun. A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things.
Specialized synonyms: Polaroid, Shrink-wrap
Generic synonyms: Flat Solid, Sheet, Wrap, Wrapper, Wrapping
Derivative terms: Filmy
Definition of Film
1. n. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
2. v. t. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
3. n. The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates; also, the flexible sheet of celluloid or the like on which this layer is sometimes mounted.
Definition of Film
1. Noun. A thin layer of some substance. ¹
2. Noun. (context: photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera. ¹
3. Noun. A motion picture. ¹
4. Verb. To record a motion picture on photographic film ¹
5. Verb. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Film
1. to make a motion picture [v -ED, -ING, -S] : FILMABLE [adj]
Medical Definition of Film
1. 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. "He from thick films shall purge the visual ray." (Pope) 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. "Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film." (Shak) Origin: AS. Film skin, fr. Fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. Filmene skin. See Fell skin. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. "It will but skin and film the ulcerous place." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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