Film

English Meaning

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

1. A thin skin or membrane.
2. A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.
3. A thin covering or coating: a film of dust on the piano.
4. A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.
5. A thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin, coated with a photosensitive emulsion and used to make photographic negatives or transparencies.
6. A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies.
7. A movie.
8. Movies considered as a group.
9. A coating of magnetic alloys on glass used in manufacturing computer storage devices.
10. To cover with or as if with a film.
11. To make a movie of or based on: film a rocket launch; film a scene from a ballet.
12. To become coated or obscured with or as if with a film: The window filmed over with moisture.
13. To make or shoot scenes for a movie.