Film

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

He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.

- Pope.

hence, any thin layer covering a surface.

Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

- Shak.

(Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.

(Photog.) a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced.

a motion picture.

the art of making motion pictures; - used mostly in the phrase the film.

a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; as, polyethylene film.

Celluloid film
(Photog.) a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates.

Cut film
(Photog.) a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera.

v. t.

To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

- Shak.

to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; as, to film the inauguration ceremony; to film Dostoevsky's War and Peace.

Noun	1.	film - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" Synonyms: motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, flick, picture
	2.	film - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" Synonyms: cinema, celluloid
	3.	film - a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
	4.	film - a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things Synonyms: plastic film
	5.	film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies Synonyms: photographic film
Verb	1.	film - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" Synonyms: shoot, take
	2.	film - record in film; "The coronation was filmed"

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