film

film [film]

n.

[ME < OE filmen, membrane, foreskin: for IE base see FELL⁴]

1. a fine, thin skin, surface, layer, or coating

2. a sheet or roll of a flexible cellulose material coated with an emulsion sensitive to light and used to capture an image for a photograph or FILM (n. 5a)

3. a thin veil, haze, or blur

4. an opacity of the cornea

5.

a) a sequence of photographs or drawings projected on a screen in such rapid succession that they create the optical illusion (because of the persistence of vision) of moving persons and objects

b) a play, story, etc. photographed as such a sequence

c) [pl.] the business of making films

6. Rare

a) a fine filament

b) a gauzy web of filaments

vt.

1. to cover with or as with a film

2. to take a photograph or FILM (n. 5a) of

3. to make a FILM (n. 5b) of (a novel, play, etc.)

vi.

1. to become covered with a film

2.

a) to make a FILM (n. 5a & b)

b) to be filmed or suitable for filming [this novel won't film well]

filmer

n.