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film
noun
1 film
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.
synonyms: flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.
Roget 204:
layer,
stratum,
strata,
course,
bed,
zone,
substratum,
substrata,
floor,
flag,
stage,
story,
tier,
slab,
escarpment;
table,
tablet;
dess†;
flagstone;
board,
plank;
trencher,
platter.
plate;
lamina,
lamella;
sheet,
foil;
wafer;
scale,
flake,
peel;
coat,
pellicle;
membrane,
film;
leaf;
slice,
shive†,
cut,
rasher,
shaving,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223;
eschar†.
stratification,
scaliness,
nest of boxes,
coats of an onion.
monolayer;
bilayer;
trilayer [Bioch.].
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Roget 426:
opacity;
opaqueness
etc.
adj..
film;
cloud
etc.
353.
Roget 427:
semitransparency,
translucency,
semiopacity;
opalescence,
milkiness,
pearliness†;
gauze,
muslin;
film;
mica,
mother-of-pearl,
nacre;
mist
etc.
(cloud)
353.
[opalescent jewel]
opal.
turbidity
etc.
426.1.
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Dutch: film, rolprent
Polish: obraz, film
2 film
A medium that disseminates moving pictures:
— Film coverage of sporting events.
synonyms: celluloid, cinema.
Dutch: cinematografie, filmkunst
3 film
Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies.
synonym: photographic film.
Polish: klisza fotograficzna, film, taśma filmowa, błona fotograficzna, film fotograficzny, klisza, błona światłoczuła
4 film
A thin coating or layer.
Dutch: laagje, vlies
5 film
A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things.
synonym: plastic film.
verb
1 film
Make a film or photograph of something.
synonyms: shoot, take.
Dutch: vlies, film, verfilmen
2 film
Record in film.
Dutch: verfilmen
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