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noun (plural films) |
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1. photog coated strip for taking pictures: a thin translucent strip or sheet of cellulose coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, used in a camera to take still or moving pictures
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2. U.K. movies
Same as movie (sense 1)
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3. movies motion pictures collectively: movies collectively, considered as a medium for recording events, a form of entertainment, or an art form
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4. industry very thin sheet of something: material, especially a plastic, in the form of a very thin, flexible, translucent, or transparent sheet. Use: wrapping.
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5. thin layer: a thin coating of a substance such as dust, liquid, or ice covering the surface of something
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6. something making view hazy: a thin haze or mist or something similar that blurs somebody's view
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plural noun films |
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U.K. movie industry: the industry of movie-making
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informal
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verb (past and past participle filmed, present participle film·ing, 3rd person present singular films) |
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1. transitive verb take pictures of something: to record somebody or something on film
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2. transitive and intransitive verb make motion picture: to make or be involved in the making of a motion picture
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3. transitive verb make movie of something: to make a motion picture of a book, story, or event
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4. intransitive verb be good for filming: to be a suitable subject for cinematic treatment
  a story that would film well
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| [ Old English filmen "membrane, skin" < Indo-European] |
