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film noun 1 a strip of thin flexible plastic or other substance, coated so as to be light-sensitive and exposed inside a camera to produce still or moving pictures. 2 a series of images, often of moving objects, recorded and edited to tell a story, present a subject, etc, and shown in the cinema (also called motion picture, cinema film, movie), or shown on TV or video (also called TV movie). 3 a fine skin, membrane, or coating over something. 4 sometimes in compounds a thin sheet of plastic used for wrapping • clingfilm. verb (filmed, filming) 1 tr & intr to record any series of images, usually moving objects, using a TV camera, cine camera, video camera, camcorder, etc. 2 intrans the overall activity of setting up a film set, directing actors and recording material on camera to be edited at a later stage.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c in modern senses: Anglo-Saxon filmen membrane.