film (f?lm)n.1. A thin skin or membrane.2. A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.3. A thin covering or coating: a film of dust on the piano.4. A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.5. a. 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.b. A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies.6. a. A movie, especially one recorded on film.b. The presentation of such a work.c. A long, narrative movie.d. Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.v. filmed, film·ing, films v.tr.1. To cover with or as if with a film.2. To record on film or video using a movie camera: film a rocket launch; film a scene from a ballet.v.intr.1. To become coated or obscured with or as if with a film: The window filmed over with moisture.2. To make or shoot scenes for a movie.[Middle English, from Old English filmen; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.film (f?lm) n1. (Film) a. a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screenb. a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etcc. (as modifier): film techniques. 2. (Photography) a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies3. a thin coating or layer4. a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging5. a fine haze, mist, or blur6. a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads7. (Pathology) pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseasesvb8. (Film) a. to photograph with a cine camerab. to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)9. (often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film[Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene, Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell4]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014film (f?lm) n. 1. a thin layer or coating. 2. a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice. 3. a thin skin or membrane. 4. a delicate web of filaments or fine threads. 5. a thin haze, blur, or mist. 6. a cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs or motion pictures. 7. motion picture (defs. 1, 2). 8. Often, films, a. motion pictures collectively. b. the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc. c. motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film. v.t. 9. to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle. 10. a. to photograph with a motion-picture camera. b. to reproduce in the form of a motion picture: to film a novel. v.i. 11. to become covered by a film. 12. to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures. [before 1000; Middle English filme, Old English filmen membrane] film?like`, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.filmA film consists of moving pictures that have been recorded so that they can be shown at a cinema or on television.Films are called movies.In Britain, a building where films are shown is usually called a cinema. In the United States, it is called a movie theater, a movie house, or sometimes just a theater when it is clear that it is one for films and not plays.British people talk about going to the cinema. American speakers talk about going to the movies.