film /fɪlm/noun 6verb 3forms 3phrases 1 noun6 •A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, / And on the sightless eye-ball pour the day: […] — 1712 •a movie, in which still pictures follow each other so quickly that they seem to move •A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally. •A professionally made movie of a substantial narrative work, around 1 to 3 hours long; a feature film; a cinematic movie. •A medium used to capture images in a camera. •A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. — 1591 verb3 •To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead. •To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. •To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. — 1599 formsfilmed · filming · films Phrases with film film outTo transfer images or animation from videotape or digital files to a traditional celluloid film print.
