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