Meaning of film | Babel Free

Definitions

1. film (layer)
2. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
   countable, uncountable
3. film (a thin layer of some substance)
4. very light and thin. a dress of filmy material. dun; deursigtig رَقيق، خَفيف ефирен diáfano průsvitný; lehký hauchdünn tynd; gennemsigtig αραχνοΰφαντος vaporoso looritaoline بسیار نازک و سبک ohut vaporeux קְרוּמִי बहुत महीन lagan, prozračan fátyolszerű tipis (næfur)þunnur velato 薄膜状の 매우 얇은 labai plonas plāns; smalks jarang ragdun lett, tynn, gjennomsiktigprzejrzysty پردې، پرده پيز، دفلم، فلمى diáfano transparent тонкий как паутинка priesvitný; ľahučký tenek providan tunn, spindelvävslik บางเบ...
5. movie , film
6. A medium used to capture images in a camera.
   countable, uncountable
7. photographic film
8. a famous actor or actress in films. rolprentster نَجم أو نَجْمَة سينما кинозвезда estrela de cinema filmová hvězda der Filmstar filmstjerne κινηματογραφικός αστέραςestrella de cine filmitäht هنرپیشه برجسته فیلم filmitähti étoile de cinéma כּוֹכָב קוֹלנוֹעַ फिल्मी सितारा filmska zvijezda filmsztár bintang film kvikmyndastjarna stella/divo-a del cinema 映画スター 영화 스타 kino žvaigždė kinozvaigzne bintang filem filmsterfilmstjernegwiazda filmowa هنر پیشه estrela de cinema star/stea de cinema кинозвезд...
9. story (invented story, especially one as an excuse)
10. A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
    uncountable
11. motion picture
12. A thin skin or membrane.
13. The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
    countable
14. A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.
15. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
    countable, uncountable
16. A thin covering or coating: a film of dust on the piano.
17. A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.
18. 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.
19. A movie, especially one recorded on film.
20. To cover with or as if with a film.
21. To record on film or video using a movie camera: film a rocket launch; film a scene from a ballet.

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Examples

“a clear plastic film for wrapping food”

“He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […]”

“Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.”

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

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